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Sensemaking in Organizations

By Karl E. Weick

Book information

Publisher
Inc, Sage Publications
Year
1995
ISBN
080397177X, 9780803971776
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (29550888 bytes)
Series
Foundations for Organizational Science
Pages
241\241
Time added
2015-06-20 06:59:28
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Description

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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