An Analysis of James March's Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning

by Pádraig Belton

Overview

Exploration and Exploitation is a key text for scholars and business practitioners interested in promoting economic well-being and sustainable growth. March’s work promotes the preservation of companies’ competitiveness and sustainability in the fluctuating market environment by maintaining a balance between exploration and exploitation processes. He explicates that this balance depends on the interchange between the adaptive capability of the company, predictability and consistency, competition, anticipations, level of risk, learning, socialization dynamics within the organization, and the overall environmental turbulence. These intricacies make March’s text invaluable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912284696
Publisher:	Macat Library
Publication date:	02/21/2018
Series:	The Macat Library
Pages:	110
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Ways in to the text Who was James March? What does Exploration and Exploitation in Organisational Learning Say? Why does Exploration and Exploitation in Organisational Learning Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited