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    • Risk Management Theory

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    • Traditional risk management struggles with complexity and available tools.
    • Organizations face challenges in understanding and mitigating diverse risks.

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    • To explore the evolution of risk conceptualization in organizational literature.
    • To introduce risk sensemaking as a relevant approach for modern risk management.

    Main Methods:

    • Literature review of risk conceptualization across four perspectives: techno-scientific, cognitive, social-cultural, and constructionist.
    • Analysis of the shift towards sensemaking in risk management.

    Main Results:

    • Risk management is transitioning from a technical function to a sensemaking process.
    • Risk managers increasingly rely on interpreting environmental cues over data accuracy.
    • Risk management systems evolve from knowledge repositories to legitimizing future decisions.
    • The risk manager's role expands to managing broader organizational risks through social networks and systems.
    • Organizational decision-making systems and risk managers themselves can introduce new risks.

    Conclusions:

    • A sensemaking approach is crucial for effective risk management amidst information complexity and time constraints.
    • The evolving role of risk managers necessitates new strategies for navigating organizational threats.
    • Understanding risk as sensemaking offers a novel framework for organizational decision-making and risk mitigation.