Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many "objective” features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of orderliness, and literally create their own constraints. (Karl E. Weick)

Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many "objective” features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of orderliness, and literally create their own constraints.

Karl E. Weick

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