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Author:

Ray, Judith Mebane

Title:

Designing a Knowledge Management System: A Sensemaking Perspective

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

knowledge management
sensemaking
knowledge actors
dynamic tensions
sensecrafting environment
knowledge management pyramid
case study
theory-building

File:

Download thesis-jmr.pdf

Committee Members:

James B Thomas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Arnold Gioia, Committee Member
Arvind Rangaswamy, Committee Member
David E Day, Committee Member

Author:

Weaver, Lisa Dawn

Title:

How Communication and Sensemaking in an Academic Community of Practice Affects Individuals' Professional Identities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

sensemaking
community of practice
professional identity

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Carol L Colbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Member
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member

Author:

Paul, Sharoda Aurushi

Title:

Understanding Together: Sensemaking in Collaborative Information Seeking

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

sensemaking
collaborative information seeking
collaboration
healthcare
emergency department
collaborative Web search

File:

Download spaul_Thesis_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Reddy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu C Reddy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Christopher N Sciamanna, Committee Member
Bernard James Jansen, Committee Member

Author:

Patvardhan, Shubha Divakar

Title:

Shaping the Future:Prospective Sensemaking in a Pioneering Firm

Graduate Program:

Management - Business Adminstration

Keywords:

forward-looking
prospecting
future
sensemaking
prospective sensemaking
creative enactment
imagination
bounded rationality

File:

Download SHAPING_THE_FUTURE_-_Prospective_Sensemaking_in_a_Pioneering_Firm_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Arnold Gioia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Arnold Gioia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vilmos Fosnocht Misangyi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald C Hambrick, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Special Member

Author:

Woodell, James Kenneth

Title:

Wilson’s Mantra: Sensemaking, Loose Coupling, and the Intramural Economic Engagement Interface at the University Of Massachusetts

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

sensemaking
loose coupling
universities
organizational theory
economic development
administration
public policy

File:

Download Woodell_Dissertation_Final_20140907.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Member
Craig D Weidemann, Committee Member
Goktug Morcol, Committee Member

Author:

Weible, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Student use of Web 2.0 tools to support argumentation in a high school science classroom

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

Web 2.0 tools
science education
argumentation
technology
science practices
CSCL
sensemaking
articulating
persuasion

File:

Download Weible_Diss_Webtools_for_Supporting_Argumentation.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather A Zimmerman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mary Land, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Dodd, Thomas John

Title:

Influences on principal evaluations of teacher performance.

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Evaluation and accountability
teacher effectiveness
principal's role
sensemaking
principal decision-making in teacher performance
confronting poor teaching
principal-teacher relationships
perceived factors influencing principals’ evaluations of teacher
relational trust
probationary versus non-probationary
principal workload
climate and culture
principal isolation
principal autonomy

File:

Download Dissertation_Chapters_1-5_FINAL_7-20-15_TOM_DODD.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Davin Jules Carr Chellman, Committee Member

Author:

Mccrea, Andrew Ernst

Title:

The response of central office leaders to the Teacher Effectiveness model.

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

education leadership
sensemaking
organizational learning

File:

Download McCrea_Responce_of_Leaders_Dissertation_Dec2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Ronald Robert Musoleno, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Varanasi, Rama Adithya

Title:

TWEETSIGHT: ENHANCING FINANCIAL ANALYSTS' SOCIAL MEDIA USE

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Social media
Financial analysts
design research
design
human computer interaction
sensemaking
work study

File:

Download ThesisRamaAdithyaVaranasi.pdf

Committee Members:

John M. Carroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ben Hanrahan, Committee Member
Eun Kyoung Choe, Committee Member

Author:

Grace, Rob Robert

Title:

Incorporating social media in community emergency response

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

crisis response
sensemaking
crisis informatics
emergency management
social media
risk communication

File:

Download Dissertation_Rob_Grace_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Fonseca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Fonseca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Tapia, Committee Member
Jack Carroll, Committee Member
Clio Maria Andris, Outside Member