Sense‐making theory and practice: an overview of user interests in knowledge seeking and use

Dervin, Brenda

doi:10.1108/13673279810249369

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“…By placing the user at the centre, information seeking is seen as a constructive process of finding meaning or 'making sense' from information (Dervin 1998;Kuhlthau 1991). There has been significant use of 'Sense-making' (Dervin 1999) as a theory guiding information seeking research and context studies as it allows for the emergence of insights about how a person makes sense of their information experiences.…”

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‘Unearthing farmers' information seeking contexts and challenges in digital, local and industry environments’

Starasts

2015

Library & Information Science Research

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This study describes the contexts surrounding the information seeking of Australian grain and cotton growers. Information seeking activities of 16 growers over an 18 month period provided insights into what guided their information seeking and what they considered to be 'information' that supported their self-directed learning. Contexts were highly situated, experiential and social. They found most online information to be devoid of these critical contexts, and it therefore did not contribute to their learning. Future agricultural information systems could better facilitate growers' information seeking if they incorporated local and environmental parameters, and enabled information sharing and connecting on local issues.

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“…Previous considerations of contexts in information seeking research have described them as physical spaces (Savolainen, 2006a), networked spaces (Savolainen, 1999), information use environments (Taylor, 1991in Savolainen, 2009, time (Savolainen, 2006b), and situations and resourcing (Johnson, 2003;Dervin, 1998).…”

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‘Unearthing farmers' information seeking contexts and challenges in digital, local and industry environments’

Starasts

2015

Library & Information Science Research

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“…O sensemaking, portanto, presume a relevância da individualidade, situacionalidade, a utilidade de experiências vividas e padrões institucionalizados no locus ao qual atores organizacionais estão inseridos, para que seja possível a construção de quadros da realidade úteis ao direcionamento de comportamentos e atividades (CARNER; QUINN, 1988;HUBER;DAFT, 1987;WATERMAN, 1990); em outras palavras, criar facticidade (WEICK, 1995b(WEICK, , 2009. Esse comportamento interno e exteriorizado através dos sentidos é o que permite ao ator organizacional construir e projetar seu movimento através do tempo e do espaço (DERVIN, 1998). Portanto, o sensemaking é o que os atores organizacionais elaboram como experiência a partir dos sinais do presente e dos ambientes em que estão mergulhados.…”

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Sensemaking e o desenvolvimento de redes de relacionamentos de negócios no contexto das empresas de base tecnológica

Mello

Fonsêca²,

Vieira³

2012

Organ. Soc.

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ResumoN as últimas três décadas, questões relativas ao papel e à importância das redes sociais de negócio têm surgido como foco de amplo e acalorado debate entre acadêmicos e profi ssionais da Administração. Apesar da existência de diversos arcabouços conceituais ligados à Network Theory, o modelo Ator-Atividades-Recursos (AAR) desenvolvido pelo IMP-Group tem sido amplamente utilizado numa variedade de contextos organizacionais. Neste artigo, utilizamos o AAR para investigar como oportunidades de negócios são identifi cadas por dirigentes de empresas de base tecnológica. Nesta pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, básica e de caráter exploratório-descritivo, foram realizadas entrevistas em profundidade. A análise de conteúdo foi adotada como método para interpretar os dados coletados pelas entrevistas. O principal resultado aponta para uma dinâmica coletiva desenvolvida nas redes de relacionamentos de negócios. Além disso, observam-se a importância e o papel do sensemaking em tal atividade. Em linhas gerais, o sensemaking é o processo pelo qual as pessoas geram sentido de suas experiências. Refl exões teóricas sobre os achados são discutidas e implicações para a academia e a prática organizacional, bem como indicações para futuras pesquisas são consideradas.Palavras-chave: Modelo AAR. IMP-Group. Sensemaking. Identifi cação de oportunidades. Empresas de base tecnológica. Sensemaking and Business Relationships Network Development in theContext of High-Tech Firms Abstract I n the last three decades, issues concerning the role and infl uence of business social networks have sprung up as the main focus of debate amongst academics and professionals from the Business Area. Although there have been many theoretical backgrounds bounded to Network Theory, the Actor-Activities-Resources model (AAR model) developed by IMP-Group has been mostly adopted in a wide array of organizational contexts. Bearing this in mind, the AAR model was used to investigate how business opportunities are identifi ed by the CEOs of High-Tech Firms. This is an exploratory investigation that follows a basic qualitative orientation. The data collection was taken from in-depth interviews with CEOs. Content analysis was used as the interpretation method for qualitative interviews in this paper. The main fi nding of this research points to a collective dynamic developed within business network relationships. Besides this, sensemaking principles are deeply embedded in the praxis of CEOs within such relations. Theoretical refl ections on these fi ndings are discussed. Implications for marketing theory and practice, as well as directions for future research, are considered.

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“…Schön's quotation raises suggests the construct Sensemaking, which is found in management (Weick 1995;Weick et al 2005), knowledge management (Dervin 1998) and human-computer interaction (Furnas and Russell 2005;Russell et al 1993). Sensemaking is simply "what people do to make sense of the information in their world" (Furnas and Russell 2005, p. 1).…”

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“…Sensemaking (Dervin 1998;Russell et al 1993;Schön 1983;Weick 1995;Weick et al 2005) Coevolution (Alexander 1964;Cross 1992;Dorst and Cross 2001;Maher et al 1995;Schön 1983) Implementation (Alexander 1964;Boehm 1988;Bourque and Dupuis 2004;Royce 1970) Constraints (Ralph and Wand 2009;Simon 1996;Sommerville 1996) Design Agent (Alexander 1964;Cross 1992;Eekels 2000;Ralph and Wand 2009) Context (Alexander 1964;Checkland 1999;Orlikowski 1993a;Orlikowski 1993b;Ralph and Wand 2009;Schön 1983) Design Object (Alexander 1964 (Alexander 1964;Maher et al 1995;Purao et al 2002) Mental Picture of Design Object (Alexander 1964;Maher et al 1995;Purao et al 2002) Primitives (Meyer 1988;Parnas 1972;Ralph and Wand 2009;Robey et al 2001) In summary, SCI explains how an agent designs a complex system by alternating between three categories of activities in a self-directed sequence. Its central claim is that Sensemaking, Coevolution and Implementation constitute a set of necessary and sufficient activities to generate a software system.…”

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The Sensemaking-Coevolution-Implementation Theory of software design

Ralph

2015

Science of Computer Programming

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Understanding software design practice is critical to understanding modern information systems development. New developments in empirical software engineering, information systems design science and the interdisciplinary design literature combined with recent advances in process theory and testability have created a situation ripe for innovation. Consequently, this paper utilizes these breakthroughs to formulate a process theory of software design practice: SensemakingCoevolution-Implementation Theory explains how complex software systems are created by collocated software development teams in organizations. It posits that an independent agent (design team) creates a software system by alternating between three activities: organizing their perceptions about the context, mutually refining their understandings of the context and design space, and manifesting their understanding of the design space in a technological artifact. This theory development paper defines and illustrates Sensemaking-Coevolution-Implementation Theory, grounds its concepts and relationships in existing literature, conceptually evaluates the theory and situates it in the broader context of information systems development.

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Sense‐making theory and practice: an overview of user interests in knowledge seeking and use

Cited by 530 publications

References 23 publications

‘Unearthing farmers' information seeking contexts and challenges in digital, local and industry environments’

‘Unearthing farmers' information seeking contexts and challenges in digital, local and industry environments’

Sensemaking e o desenvolvimento de redes de relacionamentos de negócios no contexto das empresas de base tecnológica

The Sensemaking-Coevolution-Implementation Theory of software design

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