Sensemaking in organizations

Sensemaking in organizations

by Weick, Karl E.

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The teaching of organization theory and the conduct of organizational research have been dominated by a focus on decision-making and the concept of strategic rationality. However, the rational model ignores the inherent complexity and ambiguity of real-world organizations and their environments. In this landmark volume, Karl E Weick highlights how the `sensemaking' process shapes organizational structure and behaviour. The process is seen as the creation of reality as an ongoing accomplishment …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Sensemaking in organizations / Karl E. Weick

Summary

The teaching of organization theory and the conduct of organizational research have been dominated by a focus on decision-making and the concept of strategic rationality. However, the rational model ignores the inherent complexity and ambiguity of real-world organizations and their environments. In this landmark volume, Karl E Weick highlights how the `sensemaking' process shapes organizational structure and behaviour. The process is seen as the creation of reality as an ongoing accomplishment that takes form when people make retrospective sense of the situations in which they find themselves

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1995

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
  • Place of Publication:Thousand Oaks
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©1995

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 231 s. : : ill. ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780803971769, 9780803971776, 0803971761, 080397177X
  • oclc:on1359338393
  • LC Classification:HF5548.8
  • Dewey Decimal:302.35

Table of Contents

The Nature of Sensemaking ; Seven Properties of Sensemaking ; Sensemaking in Organizations ; Occasions for Sensemaking ; The Substance of Sensemaking ; Belief-Driven Processes of Sensemaking ; Action-Driven Processes of Sensemaking ; The Future of Sensemaking

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Subjects

Communication Communication - organization Communication in organizations INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY Organisational behaviour Organisationspsykologi Organisationssociologi organisationsteori Organizations Psychology, Industrial

Writers

Weick, Karl E.

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