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Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 129
Citations - 25155
Kathleen M. Sutcliffe is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Patient safety & Health care. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 123 publications receiving 22582 citations. Previous affiliations of Kathleen M. Sutcliffe include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & University of Michigan.
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Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking
TL;DR: The position that the concept of sensemaking fills important gaps in organizational theory is taken, by pinpointing central features of sense making that have been assumed but not made explicit, some of which have changed in significance over time, and some ofWhich have been missing all along or have gone awry.
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Managing the unexpected: Assuring high performance in an age of complexity.
TL;DR: Weick and Sutcliffe as discussed by the authors introduced the concept of "mindfulness" and outlined five qualities of the mindful organization and the organizational skills needed to achieve them, each concept is clearly expressed in vivid case studies of organizations that demonstrate mindful practices in action.
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Managing the unexpected : resilient performance in an age of uncertainty
TL;DR: The Three Principles of Anticipation: Expectations and Mindfulness, Containment, and Expectation as discussed by the authors are three principles for managing the unexpected in high-reliability organizations.
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Comparing Alternative Conceptualizations of Functional Diversity in Management Teams: Process and Performance Effects
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the process and the results of different conceptualizations of functional diversity in teams and found that different conceptualisations might lead to different results, without careful attention to the consequences.