Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and LeadershipIn 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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... values and pur- poses. We hope to encourage and nurture such qualities and possibilities. As in the past, we have tried to produce a clear and readable synthesis and integration of the field's major theoretical traditions. We ...
... values and pur- poses. We hope to encourage and nurture such qualities and possibilities. As in the past, we have tried to produce a clear and readable synthesis and integration of the field's major theoretical traditions. We ...
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... values. Efforts to prepare future leaders have to focus as much on spiritual development as on the intellectual. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We noted in our first edition, “Book writing often feels like a lonely process, even when an odd couple is ...
... values. Efforts to prepare future leaders have to focus as much on spiritual development as on the intellectual. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We noted in our first edition, “Book writing often feels like a lonely process, even when an odd couple is ...
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... value of corporate mergers grew a hundredfold between 1980 and 2000 ( Renner , 2000 ) , even though a recent study found that “ 83 percent of mergers were unsuccessful in producing any business benefit as regards shareholder value ...
... value of corporate mergers grew a hundredfold between 1980 and 2000 ( Renner , 2000 ) , even though a recent study found that “ 83 percent of mergers were unsuccessful in producing any business benefit as regards shareholder value ...
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... values and create familylike bonds among employees and customers. The information technology revolu- tion has bred an array of innovative forms visible in such firms as eBay, the phenome- nally successful Internet auction company, and ...
... values and create familylike bonds among employees and customers. The information technology revolu- tion has bred an array of innovative forms visible in such firms as eBay, the phenome- nally successful Internet auction company, and ...
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... value of “system maps” that clarify how a system works. Con- sider “Chainsaw Al” Dunlap, CEO of Scott Paper in the early 1990s. Dunlap was proud of his nickname and his turnaround at Scott. He raised profits and market value ...
... value of “system maps” that clarify how a system works. Con- sider “Chainsaw Al” Dunlap, CEO of Scott Paper in the early 1990s. Dunlap was proud of his nickname and his turnaround at Scott. He raised profits and market value ...
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 |
Other editions - View all
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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