Enactment, sensemaking and decision making: Redesign processes in the 1976 reorganization of US intelligence

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-234

  Orton, James Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0034148127     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00178     Document Type: Article

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