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Cause Maps, Sensemaking, and Planned Organizational Change

Paula S. Weber

St. Cloud State University

Michael R. Manning

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

This study represents a first attempt to employ cognitive cause-mapping techniques to explore individual sensemaking during a planned organizational change. The authors evaluated the contribution of this method as a vehicle for exploring sensemaking processes during a change effort. Study data revealed that cause mapping generates a rich source of information, demonstrates a high degree of content validity, and is a particularly useful technique for capturing the dynamics of sensemaking. The study also provided needed longitudinal and structural analyses of cause maps. Results showed significant differences in cause map content over time without corresponding differences in cause map structure. An integrated model of sensemaking during organizational change is offered.

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 37, No. 2, 227-251 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0021886301372006
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