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Metaphors, rhetorics & analogies

On (the meaning of) organizational exploration: why it’s not necessarily innovation and how the analogy with territorial exploration might help us to better grasp it

June 7, 2011August 19, 2024

Some of the sessions devoted to exploitation and exploration of last week’s EURAM conference led me to further think about exploration (in other entries I already discussed issues of measurement and organizational …

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Why managers often have variable compensation and not physicians – and whether variable compensation is good

May 28, 2011August 19, 2024

At the May 26th HEC centennial debate on responsible management, Dr. Schwab formulated an implicit criticism to managerial incentives by asking why managers should benefit from variable compensation (bonuses) and …

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Conducting and organizational leadership: Are leaders like conductors? Or, are conductors leaders?

October 10, 2010August 23, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Organizational leaders are often compared with (music) conductors. The image of conducting is even used to describe a good leader. I believe the analogy is rather imperfect. Music conductors’ (whether orchestral, choral …

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The concept of organizational ambidexterity – or why we shouldn’t use this term in the way it’s now

October 7, 2010August 19, 2024

Ambidexterity refers to the ability to perform the same task equally well with both hands. So, for instance, one is ambidextrous if one can write equally well with either hand. I believe …

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