false 818257 2 Finalist for the George Terry Award sponsored by the Academy of Management "This lovely and important book is the clearest, most complete, and interesting statement of sensemaking in organizations available. . . . It will have an impact on both new and experienced scholars." --Bob Sutton, Stanford University "Weick is artful. He masterfully constructs the sensemaking theoretical framework so that it can be better understood by the general scholar and in the process provides the reader with the sensemaking experience." --Kathleen Sutcliffe, University of Minnesota 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 E. 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. Expertly written, Sensemaking in Organizations is the volume that students, scholars, and professors of organization and management studies must have. 804123 1 5 1995 Sensemaking in Organizations (Foundations for Organizational Science) total:5|5:1|4:1|3:2|2:1| 5 17 15 2 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Jul 08 22:59:33 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 23:00:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 22 19:58:03 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 19:58:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 07:58:04 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:58:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 13:52:04 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 13:52:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 06 14:50:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 14:50:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 18 03:19:31 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 03:40:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 15:48:25 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 15:48:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 09 03:51:09 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 03:51:09 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Feb 16 13:30:37 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 13:43:22 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 19 11:39:08 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 11:39:08 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Oct 13 20:06:36 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 20:06:36 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jun 15 09:36:40 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 09:36:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Feb 11 12:49:23 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 12:49:23 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 08 07:19:43 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 07:19:43 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 07 22:46:17 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 07 22:47:17 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=134488