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Sensemaking or sense-making is the process by which people give meaning to their collective experiences. It has been defined as "the ongoing retrospective development of plausible images that rationalize what people are doing" (Weick, Sutcliffe, & Obstfeld, 2005, p. 409). The concept was introduced to organizational studies by Karl E. Weick in the late…
The analysis highlights Applications, Other applications and Weick's approach to sensemaking as prominent areas in the source structure around Sensemaking.
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The extracted context around Sensemaking shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Sensemaking → Abolafia, As, As Weick, Brown, Bruner, Currie, Dunford, Extracted, Gephart, However, Identity, Individuals, Isabella, Jones, Kumar, Maitlis, Mills, Nandhakumar, People, Pfeffer Another extracted example is Sensemaking → It, McNamara’s, One, Organizations, Pentagon, People, The, These, United States, Vietnam, Washington, Weick. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 64 structured relationships around Sensemaking. Examples in this analysis include Sensemaking → is a → mental process within the individual and Sensemaking → is a → social activity in that plausible stories are preserved. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensemaking | is a | mental process within the individual | 0.90 | text |
| Sensemaking | is a | social activity in that plausible stories are preserved | 0.90 | text |
| Sensemaking | has application | NCO | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | has application | United States Department | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | has application | Defense | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | has application | Garstka | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | has application | Alberts | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | has application | In | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | has application | According | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | has application | At | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | related to Categories and related concepts | Maitlis | 0.60 | section |
| Sensemaking | related to Categories and related concepts | Christianson | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Sensemaking bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Weick, Shared and Social. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Sensemaking, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Sensemaking with Other applications. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Sensemaking to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Other applications & Weick's approach to sensemaking, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Sensemaking · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout