Toward a model of organizations as interpretation systems.

Daft, R. L., & Weick, K. E. (1984). Toward a model of organizations as interpretation systems. Academy of Management Review, 9(2), 284-295.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1984

Volume

9

Issue

2

Pages

284-295

DOI

10.5465/amr.1984.4277657

DOI registrant

Academy of Management

Link

https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1984.4277657

Cited from

futurism_foresight, organizational_management

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4 citations across 4 artifacts.

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Primes

• Environmental Scanning
  • A scanning organization with strategic objectives whose achievement depends on external conditions

    This sourceModels organizations as interpretation systems whose scanning, equivocality reduction, and strategy depend on beliefs about environmental analyzability and organizational intrusiveness. SUPPORTS marker 152 (scanning organization with strategic objectives dependent on external conditions), marker 158 (adequate environmental sensing as prerequisite for goal-directed action), marker 163 (scanning captures only what fits the scanner's mental models; paradigm-breaking shifts fall outside the frame), and re-sourced marker 165 (strengthening within-frame coverage worsens out-of-frame blindness).

    Supported in partVerified against the work's full text

    Daft and Weick say organizations that depend heavily on their environment devote more resources to information gathering about it, which fits the scanning-organization precondition.

    “quando a organi- zação depende fortemente do ambiente, mais recursos são alocados à função de levantamento de informa- ções.”

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• Horizon Scanning
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• STEEP/PESTLE Analysis
  • The analysis shows how multiple dimensions operate orthogonally: technical feasibility proved sufficient, but political opposition proved constraining
• Weak Signals & Emerging Issues
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.

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