Two Strategies for Leveraging Teams Toward Organizational Effectiveness: Scenario Planning and Organizational Ambidexterity

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to position two key tools (which may already be in use in organizations) as tools for leveraging teams toward organizational effectiveness. These tools are scenario planning, and organizational ambidexterity. Scenario planning has already been positioned as HRD’s strategic learning system, and organizational ambidexterity is an emerging framework. These two tools have team building components that could be featured to take advantage of this function. The task of this article is to reposition these strategic tools with an emphasis on how they leverage teams as their primary means for improving organizational effectiveness. The key components of each are described, focusing on how teams can be used as the primary mode for accomplishing the purposes of each tool.