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Organizing and the Search for Excellence: Making Sense of the Times in Theory and Practice

dc.contributor.authorColville, Ianen_US
dc.contributor.authorWaterman, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorWeick, Karl E.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-14T14:09:15Z
dc.date.available2010-04-14T14:09:15Z
dc.date.issued1999en_US
dc.identifier.citationColville, Ian; Waterman, Robert; Weick, Karl (1999). "Organizing and the Search for Excellence: Making Sense of the Times in Theory and Practice." Organization 6(1): 129-148. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68948>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1350-5084en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68948
dc.description.abstractThis paper seeks to draw out commonalities between the organizational/practitioners' and academic agenda and to explore the idea that academe may not only reflect the times but also help to create them. In so doing, it examines the extent to which In Search of Excellence, a significant and timely exemplar of the organizational agenda, in effect operationalized The Social Psychology of Organizing. If, it concludes, sensemaking is retrospective, then how can it help us to think about current issues that require action and shape our conversations and sensemaking about time future? To this end, much of academic management treats much of management practice as beyond the pale and, for that reason, what matters in this paper is not just a consideration of how to break out of Hambrick's closed loop, but also how others can be encouraged to break in. We see this as part of an ongoing conversation that matters.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleOrganizing and the Search for Excellence: Making Sense of the Times in Theory and Practiceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Sciences (General)en_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Bathen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherThe Waterman Groupen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68948/2/10.1177_135050849961006.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/135050849961006en_US
dc.identifier.sourceOrganizationen_US
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