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Sensemaking

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…

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Sensemaking

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples64
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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related to Weick's approach to sensemaking · 30
Sensemaking → Abolafia, As, As Weick, Brown, Bruner, Currie, Dunford, Extracted, Gephart, However, Identity, Individuals, Isabella, Jones, Kumar, Maitlis, Mills, Nandhakumar, People, Pfeffer
related to From decision-making to sensemaking · 12
Sensemaking → It, McNamara’s, One, Organizations, Pentagon, People, The, These, United States, Vietnam, Washington, Weick
has application · 8
Sensemaking → According, Alberts, At, Defense, Garstka, In, NCO, United States Department
related to Uncertainty, ambiguity, and crisis · 5
Sensemaking → Beginning, Bhopal, The, Weick, Weick's
related to Categories and related concepts · 3
Sensemaking → Christianson, Maitlis, The
related to Definition · 3
Sensemaking → Disagreements, Overall, There
is a · 2
Sensemaking → mental process within the individual, social activity in that plausible stories are preserved
related to From planning to action · 1
Sensemaking → Weick

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weick people process organizations meaning events social 1993 1995 brown shared 2005 organization decision-making organizational currie 2003 sense ongoing focus

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Sensemakingis amental process within the individual0.90text
Sensemakingis asocial activity in that plausible stories are preserved0.90text
Sensemakinghas applicationNCO0.60section
Sensemakinghas applicationUnited States Department0.60section
Sensemakinghas applicationDefense0.60section
Sensemakinghas applicationGarstka0.60section
Sensemakinghas applicationAlberts0.60section
Sensemakinghas applicationIn0.60section
Sensemakinghas applicationAccording0.60section
Sensemakinghas applicationAt0.60section
Sensemakingrelated to Categories and related conceptsMaitlis0.60section
Sensemakingrelated to Categories and related conceptsChristianson0.60section

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