Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and LeadershipJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013 M01 9 - 512 pages 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:
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... social science jargon and abstraction and have little to say to practitioners. We try to find a balance between misleading oversimplification and mind-boggling complexity. The bulk of work in organization theory has focused almost ...
... social science jargon and abstraction and have little to say to practitioners. We try to find a balance between misleading oversimplification and mind-boggling complexity. The bulk of work in organization theory has focused almost ...
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... social, political, and economic trends. The story of Ross Johnson and a $25 billion leveraged buyout explores the intersection of politics both inside and outside organizations. Part Five explores the symbolic frame. Chapter Twelve ...
... social, political, and economic trends. The story of Ross Johnson and a $25 billion leveraged buyout explores the intersection of politics both inside and outside organizations. Part Five explores the symbolic frame. Chapter Twelve ...
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... social landscape even more recently. There was little need for professional managers when individuals managed their own affairs. Today, things are very different. The challenge of finding the right way to frame our world has become ...
... social landscape even more recently. There was little need for professional managers when individuals managed their own affairs. Today, things are very different. The challenge of finding the right way to frame our world has become ...
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... social ills, universities are said to close more minds than they open, and government agencies are criticized for red tape and rigidity. The sarcastic phrase “good enough for government work” reflects widespread cynicism about the ...
... social ills, universities are said to close more minds than they open, and government agencies are criticized for red tape and rigidity. The sarcastic phrase “good enough for government work” reflects widespread cynicism about the ...
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... social metrics in its bottom line). All three are passionate about core values and create familylike bonds among ... social scientists devoted much time or attention to developing ideas about how organizations work (or why they often ...
... social metrics in its bottom line). All three are passionate about core values and create familylike bonds among ... social scientists devoted much time or attention to developing ideas about how organizations work (or why they often ...
Contents
PART TWO THE STRUCTURAL FRAME | 41 |
PART THREE THE HUMAN RESOURCE FRAME | 111 |
PART FOUR THE POLITICAL FRAME | 181 |
PART FIVE THE SYMBOLIC FRAME | 239 |
PART SIX IMPROVING LEADERSHIP PRACTICE | 301 |
APPENDIX THE BEST OF ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES SCHOLARS HITS AND POPULAR BESTSELLERS | 435 |
REFERENCES | 439 |
NAME INDEX | 459 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 471 |
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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 |
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