Uses 20 years of research on organizing as a way of viewing current research efforts and of laying a foundation for future efforts. Compares organizational adjustments to jazz improvisations. Argues that, because of the relationship between organizational quality and criticism, there is no need for the additional trappings of hierarchy, rules,…

Asserts that, because bargaining occurs on two levels--the level of the issues to be addressed and the level of the bargaining event itself--it presents a fascinating arena for applying Weick's organizing model. Applies concepts of organizing, equivocality, requisite variety, enactment, and retrospective meaning to the definition, characteristics,…