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Making Sense of the Organization, Volume 2

The Impermanent Organization

By: Karl E. Weick

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Making Sense of the Organization, Volume 2

The Impermanent Organization

By: Karl E. Weick

Making Sense of the Organization elaborates on the influential idea that organizations are interpretation systems that scan, interpret, and learn. These selected essays represent a new approach to the way managers learn and act in response to their environment and the way organizational change evolves. Readers of this volume will find a wealth of examples and insights which go well beyond thinking and cognition to explain action. The author's ideas are at the forefront of our thinking on leadership, teams, and the management of change. “This book engages the puzzle of impermanence in organizing. Through rich examples, evocative language, artful literature citing, and imaginative connecting, Weick re-introduces core ideas and themes around attending, interpreting, acting and learning to unlock new insights about impermanent organizing. The wisdom in this book is timeless and timely. It prods scholars and managers of organizations to complicate their views of organizing in ways that enrich thought and action.” - Jane E. Dutton, Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor, University of Michigan

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470748702

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9780470748701

Managing the Unexpected

Resilient Performance in an Age of Uncertainty

By: Karl E. Weick,Kathleen M. Sutcliffe

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Managing the Unexpected

Resilient Performance in an Age of Uncertainty

By: Karl E. Weick,Kathleen M. Sutcliffe

Since the first edition of Managing the Unexpected was published in 2001, the unexpected has become a growing part of our everyday lives. The unexpected is often dramatic, as with hurricanes or terrorist attacks. But the unexpected can also come in more subtle forms, such as a small organizational lapse that leads to a major blunder, or an unexamined assumption that costs lives in a crisis. Why are some organizations better able than others to maintain function and structure in the face of unanticipated change? Authors Karl Weick and Kathleen Sutcliffe answer this question by pointing to high reliability organizations (HROs), such as emergency rooms in hospitals, flight operations of aircraft carriers, and firefighting units, as models to follow. These organizations have developed ways of acting and styles of learning that enable them to manage the unexpected better than other organizations. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of the groundbreaking book Managing the Unexpected uses HROs as a template for any institution that wants to better organize for high reliability.

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0470534230

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9780470534236

Sensemaking in Organizations

By: Karl E. Weick

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Sensemaking in Organizations

By: Karl E. Weick

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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Making Sense of the Organization

By: Karl E. Weick

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Making Sense of the Organization

By: Karl E. Weick

This volume brings together the best-known and most influential articles on sensemaking in organizations by one of its most distinguished exponents, Karl Weick. Brings together the best most influential articles written by one of the gurus of sensemaking - Karl Weick. Helps readers develop a thorough understanding of the sensemaking process - essential for effective management.

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Wiley-Blackwell

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0631223193

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Sensemaking in Organizations

By: Karl E. Weick

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Making Sense of the Organization, Volume 2

Making Sense of the Organization, Volume 2

Managing the Unexpected

Managing the Unexpected

Sensemaking in Organizations

Sensemaking in Organizations

Making Sense of the Organization

Making Sense of the Organization

Sensemaking in Organizations

Sensemaking in Organizations

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