Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing is the first in a series of volumes which explore perspectives on process theories, an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than...

Emotion is a critical but relatively unexplored dimension of sensemaking in organizations. Existing models of sensemaking tend to ignore the role of emotion or portray it as an impediment. To address this problem, we explore the role that felt emotion plays in three stages of individual...

In this paper we develop a theoretical framework for understanding failure in processes of organizational strategizing. Drawing on an intensive, longitudinal field study of organizational decision making, we examine the attempts and ultimate failure of members of a British symphony orchestra to...