1st Edition

Making Sense of Organizational Change

By Jean Helms-Mills Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Applying an invaluable sensemaking framework to organizational change and combining the theory and practice of implementing change, this book represents an instructive and informative view on change in business. Its strength lies in two key areas: the discussion and explanation of a strategic sensemaking approach, for helping managers, management educators and students to understand... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Identifying Cues: A History of Nova Scotia Power 3. Strategic Sensemaking 4. The Story of Organizational Change 5. Sensemaking and Identity Construction 6. Application of the Sensemaking Model to the Nova Scotia Power Case 7. Making Sense of Sensemaking: Suggestions for Sensible Modifications of the Sensemaking Model

Biography

Jean Helms Mills is Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Acadia University, Canada.

'A highly successful project ... [which] offers a useful, accessible and (most important) critical contribution to the literature on sensemaking in organizations.' - David Collins, Organization