Sensemaking in organizations / Karl E. Weick.

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Weick, Karl E

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Foundations for organizational sciencePublication details: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1995.Description: xii, 231 p : ill ; 24 cmISBN:

0803971761 (alk. paper)
9780803971769 (alk. paper) :
080397177X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780803971776 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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LOC classification:

HF5548.8 .W36 1995

Contents:

Introduction to the Series / David A. Whetten -- 1. The Nature of Sensemaking -- 2. Seven Properties of Sensemaking -- 3. Sensemaking in Organizations -- 4. Occasions for Sensemaking -- 5. The Substance of Sensemaking -- 6. Belief-Driven Processes of Sensemaking -- 7. Action-Driven Processes of Sensemaking -- 8. The Future of Sensemaking.

Summary: The teaching of organization theory and the conduct of organizational research have been dominated by a focus on decision making and the conception of strategic rationality. The rational model, however, ignores the inherent complexity and ambiguity of real-world organizations and their environments. Karl Weick's new landmark volume, Sensemaking in Organizations, highlights how the "sensemaking" process - the creation of reality as an ongoing accomplishment that takes form when people make retrospective sense of the situations in which they find themselves - shapes organizational structure and behavior. Some of the topics Weick thoroughly covers are the concept, uniqueness, historical roots, varieties and occasions, general properties, and the future of sensemaking research and practice.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	HF 5548.8 WEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.045158	Available		BK0052395

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-217) and indexes.

The teaching of organization theory and the conduct of organizational research have been dominated by a focus on decision making and the conception of strategic rationality. The rational model, however, ignores the inherent complexity and ambiguity of real-world organizations and their environments. Karl Weick's new landmark volume, Sensemaking in Organizations, highlights how the "sensemaking" process - the creation of reality as an ongoing accomplishment that takes form when people make retrospective sense of the situations in which they find themselves - shapes organizational structure and behavior. Some of the topics Weick thoroughly covers are the concept, uniqueness, historical roots, varieties and occasions, general properties, and the future of sensemaking research and practice.

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