Sensemaking in military planning: A methodological study of command teams

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-118

  Jensen, Eva ^a  

^a SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Measurement; Military command teams; Observation; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MILITARY COMMAND TEAMS; MILITARY EXPERTS; MILITARY PLANNING; OBSERVATION; PLAN QUALITIES; SENSEMAKING; TEAM MEMBERS;

VIDEO RECORDING;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 61349110677     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-007-0084-x     Document Type: Article

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