Synopses & Reviews
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 is filled with new case examples such as Hurricane Katrina and profiles of great leaders such as Mother Theresa, Thomas Keller, and others. In addition, the book updates the "Organizational Theory's Greatest Hits" text boxes throughout, and increases geographic, cultural and gender diversity in examples and text. It also features an enhanced online teacher's guide with a new test bank, as well as updated PowerPoint slides, teaching ideas and experiential activities, and links to resources.
Synopsis
The Classic Leadership Resource Now In Its 4th Edition!
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 resourcemanagement, 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.
Synopsis
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 resultsThe Human Resource Frame how to tailor organizations to satisfy human needs, improve human resource management, and build positive interpersonal and group dynamicsThe Political Frame how to cope with power and conflict, build coalitions, hone political skills, and deal with internal and external politicsThe 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 storyThis new edition is filled with new case examples such as Hurricane Katrina and profiles of great leaders such as Mother Theresa, Thomas Keller, and others. In addition, the book updates the Organizational Theory's Greatest Hits text boxes throughout, and increases geographic, cultural and gender diversity in examples and text. It also features an enhanced online teacher's guide with a new test bank, as well as updated PowerPoint slides, teaching ideas and experiential activities, and links to resources.
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About the Author
Lee G. Bolman holds the Marion Bloch Missouri Chair in Leadership at the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of MissouriKansas City. He consults worldwide to corporations, public agencies, universities, and schools. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
Terrence E. Deal is the retired Irving R. Melbo Clinical Professor at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education. He now writes and makes wine in San Luis Obispo, California. He is the coauthor of sixteen books, including the best-selling Corporate Cultures (with A. A. Kennedy, 1982) and Managing the Hidden Organization (with W. A. Jenkins, 1994). He lives in San Luis Obispo, California.
Table of Contents
PART 1 Making Sense of Organizations.Chapter 1: Introduction: The Power of Reframing.
Chapter 2: Simple Ideas, Complex Organizations.
PART 2 The Structural Frame.
Chapter 3: Getting Organized.
Chapter 4: Structure and Restructuring.
Chapter 5: Organizing Groups and Teams.
PART 3 The Human Resource Frame.
Chapter 6: People and Organizations.
Chapter 7: Improving Human Resource Management.
Chapter 8: Interpersonal and Group Dynamics.
PART 4 The Political Frame.
Chapter 9: Power, Confl ict, and Coalition.
Chapter 10: The Manager as Politician.
Chapter 11: Organizations as Political Arenas and Political Agents.
PART 5 The Symbolic Frame.
Chapter 12: Organizational Symbols and Culture.
Chapter 13: Culture in Action.
Chapter 14: Organization as Theater.
PART 6 Improving Leadership Practice.
Chapter 15: Integrating Frames for Effective Practice.
Chapter 16: Reframing in Action: Opportunities and Perils.
Chapter 17: Reframing Leadership.
Chapter 18: Reframing Change in Organizations: Training, Realigning, Negotiating, and Grieving.
Chapter 19: Reframing Ethics and Spirit.
Chapter 20: Bringing It All Together: Change and Leadership in Action.
Chapter 21: Epilogue: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership.
Appendix: The Best of Organizational Studies: Scholars' Hits and Popular Best-Sellers.