Book description
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
Karl Weick is the Rensis Likert College Professor
of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, and Professor of Psychology
at the University of Michigan.
He is one of the leading figures in the American Academy of
Management and he is seen by many as one of the most influential
thinkers and writers in the field.
