An ordered set of assertions about a generic behavior or structure assumed to hold throughout a significantly broad range of specific instances. (Karl E. Weick)

An ordered set of assertions about a generic behavior or structure assumed to hold throughout a significantly broad range of specific instances.

Karl E. Weick

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