Sensemaking as an organizational dimension of global change

Author(s)
Weick, K. E.
Date published
01 Jan 1999
Publisher
Sage
Type
Books
Keywords
Leadership and Decisionmaking

Global issues that involve organizing on a massive scale have been described as contested, nonlinear metaproblems with long lead times, unintended side effects, unclear cause-effect structures, and consequences that are often irreversible (Cooperrider & Bilimoria, 1993, p. 110). Issues demanding change on a global scale are like an onrushing wall of fire and are just as tricky to manage. Normally, managing complexity on a global scale, especially when it is framed in a strategic framework, as Cooperrider and Bilimoria have done, means that the primary organizational issue is one of strategies for decision making.