Organizational flexibility of an ambidextrous medical research institution / 中华医学科研管理杂志

ABSTRACT

In an uncertain and dynamic environment,medical research institutions must often balance between the usual medical research and emergent medical research.We interpreted this as a balance between exploitation-oriented innovation and exploration-oriented innovation.We pointed out that a flexible organization can coordinate the competition of scientific research resources between the two kinds of innovation; then we built an organizational flexibility model based on resource flexibility and coordination flexibility,and extended the model to medical research institution.And finally,we discussed the strategies for increasing organizational flexibility.