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Publication Date: 1986
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Communication, Meaning, and Organized Action.
Donnellon, Anne; And Others
Administrative Science Quarterly, v31 n1 p43-55 Mar 1986
Organized action need not depend on group consensus. Karl Weick's theory argues that only minimal shared understanding is needed and that common ends and shared meanings may be outcomes of organized action, not prerequisites. This paper reveals four communication mechanisms that generate and sustain equifinal meaning (multiple routes to a single end). (31 references) (MLH)
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