Reframing Organizations

Reframing Organizations
by
Lee G. Bolman & Terrence E. Deal
Subtitled: The Leadership Kaleidoscope


? Reframing is a key idea.
? Failure due to lack of imagination.
? Frames concept employs usable knowledge.
?Structural
goals
specialized roles
formal relationships
division of labor
rules, policies, procedures, and hierarchies
Problems arise when structure does not fit situation
?Human Resources
extended family
feelings, prejudices, skills, and limitations
tailor org to people
?Political
arenas
contests
jungles
interests compete for limited resources
conflict is rampant
bargaining, negotiation, coercion, and compromise
Problems arise when power is concentrated in wrong place
or when so broadly dispersed nothing gets done.
?Symbolic
cultural and social anthropology
tribes, theater, or carnivals
cultures on rituals, ceremonies, stories, heroes, myths
org is actors
?Integrating the Four Frames
Multiframe thinking require...