Reframing organizations : artistry, choice, and leadership / Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolman, Lee G.

Contributor:

Deal, Terrence E.

Charles R. Anderson Endowment Fund.

Series:

Jossey-Bass business & management series

The Jossey-Bass business & management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management.

Organizational behavior.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

xvi, 527 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2008]

Summary:

First Published in 1984, Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal's best-selling book has become a classic in the field. Its four-frame model examines organizations as factories, families, jungles, and theaters or temples: The Structural Frame: how to organize and structure groups and teams to get results, The Human Resource Frame: how to tailor organizations to satisfy human needs, improve human resource management, and build positive interpersonal and group dynamics, The Political Frame: how to cope with power and conflict, build coalitions, hone political skills, and deal with internal and external politics, The Symbolic Frame: how to shape a culture that gives purpose and meaning to work, stage organizational drama for internal and external audiences, and build team spirit through ritual, ceremony, and story.

This new edition contains a wealth of new examples from both the private and the nonprofit sectors. In addition, the book offers updated content and expanded discussions of self-managing teams, dramaturgical and institutional theory, change theory, the "blink" process, "black swans," and gay rights. There is an Instructor's Guide available online.

Contents:

Introduction: the power of reframing

Simple ideas, complex organizations

Getting organized

Structure and restructuring

Organizing groups and teams

People and organizations

Improving human resource management

Interpersonal and group dynamics

Power, conflict, and coalition

The manager as politician

Organizations as political arenas and political agents

Organizational symbols and culture

Culture in action

Organization as theater

Integrating frames for effective practice

Reframing in action: opportunities and perils

Reframing leadership

Reframing change in organizations: training, realigning, negotiating, and grieving

Reframing ethics and spirit

Bringing it all together: change and leadership in action

Epilogue: artistry, choice, and leadership.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-479) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles R. Anderson Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9780787987985

0787987980

9780787987992

0787987999

OCLC:

229342502

Publisher Number:

99940614492