Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and LeadershipWiley, 2003 M08 27 - 483 pages Become a More Versatile Manager and a More Artistic Leader In this third edition of their best-selling classic, authors Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal explain the powerful tool of "reframing." The authors have distilled the organizational literature into a comprehensive approach for looking at situations from more than one angle. Their four frames view organizations as factories, families, jungles, and theaters or temples:
The core of the book is reframing, a tool for finding new opportunities and options in confusing and troubling organizational situations. The authors show how multiple frames give leaders an edge in decoding organizational complexity. The new edition highlights current developments in organizational and leadership research. It presents new case examples from organizations such as eBay, Enron, Harley-Davidson, the New York City Fire Department, and the U.S. Marine Corps. The book also introduces "Organizational Theory’s Greatest Hits," text boxes that ground the book in the most influential scholarly work. The new edition also offers a rich mix of geographic, cultural, and gender diversity throughout. Includes on-line instructor’s guide available at www.wiley.com/college/bolman |
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... rituals . Those that work and carry meaning become the dance of life . " Rituals anchor us to a center , " Fulghum writes , " while freeing us to move on and confront the everlasting unpredictability of life . The paradox of ritual ...
... ritual we have formalized to signify the handing off of the aircraft to the pilot where the pilot is assured his ... ritual and ceremony is subtle . Ceremonies are grander , more elaborate , less frequent occasions . Rituals are simpler ...
... ritual and ceremony , transition remains incomplete , a clutter of comings and goings ; " life becomes an endless set of Wednesdays " ( Campbell , 1983 , p . 5 ) . When ritual and ceremony are authentic and attuned , they fire the ...
Contents
MAKING SENSE OF ORGANIZATIONS | 1 |
Conclusion | 18 |
Common Fallacies in Organizational Diagnosis | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership Lee G. Bolman,Terrence E. Deal Limited preview - 2013 |
Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership Lee G. Bolman,Terrence E. Deal Limited preview - 2003 |
Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership Lee G. Bolman,Terrence E. Deal No preview available - 2013 |