Introduction + basis aspects of organizing

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Volgens Weick kent sensemaking 7 aspecten. What is sensemaking 6: focused on and by extracted cues?

Actors are confrontated with more information than they can cope with. Actors only notice a limited number of cues. Actors construct their view on reality from these cues. Chunks of information streams are combined by punctuation (leestekens?) or bracketing (reeksopnames?).
This reduction of equivocality is funtional (actors are unable to act without it) and simultaneously dysfunctional (it will easily discards useable ideas as 'untrue', 'inefficient' etc.)

Volgens Weick kent sensemaking 7 aspecten. What is sensemaking 7: driven by plausibility rather tham accuracy?

Actors have a propensity (neiging) to minimize effort. They look for what is workable/plausible/satisficing (once you know the best way out, there is no need to think about it more). Once found, no alternatives are evaluated, until changes in the environment call for heightened sensemaking. Danger: once actors believe they 'know' something, they tend to become less open to alternatives.

What is meant with: sensemaking assembly (monteren)/construction (creeren) rules?

Actors develop a set of rules for sensemaking in ongoing social interaction. As sensemaking equals organizing, these rules are simultaneously rules for constructing social cognitive structures (configuration, space).
Weick: assembly rules (procedures, instructions or guides that members use to mobilize several double interacts into larger processes. For ex. effort, reward, obligation)
Textbook: construction rules (if you do not know a way out, open your senses for the suggestions by others)

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What is the stories/narratives/discourses consequence of sensemaking?

A story is one of the basic means of himans to organize events and facts in such a way that they make sense; stories are sensemaking devices.
Story = sequence of events, connected by a plot.
Stories can be regarded as the carriers of the cognitive element of social cognitive structures.

What is a (social cognitive) configuration?

Smallest organizational structure. Definition: a relatively small group of actors who frequently interact about a specific topic.

What is cognitive space?

Any aggregate (verzameling) of actors who share certain cognitive matter. Configuration = smallest cognitive space.

What is the dual nature (dubbele aard) of cognitive space?

It provides space required for organizing processes. It creates a reduction of equivocality which makes it more difficult to take account of what has been left out.

Describe the constructed character of cognitive space:

It does not exist outsite its own social context. It is perceived by actors who base (part of) their actions on the cognitive element.

What can happen during social integration?

During social integration in one space, actors can bring in cognitive matter from other spaces trhrough their inclusions.

What are the 5 basic axioms (onbewezen stellingen) about human communication in Watzlawicks Model of Communication?

1 One cannot not communicatie
2 Messages have both content and relational meaning (is stukje 100%)
3 The meaning of messages depends on its punctuation
4 Messages include both digital and analogic coding (digital = random, analogisch = bijv. non-verbaal)
5 A transaction/relation is either symmetrical or complementary (symmetrisch = gelijkwaardig bijv. 2 vrienden). Competitive (dominant), submissive (onderdanig), dyadic (balans), complementary (verschillend tov elkaar, bijv. manager-advisor, boss-employee)

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