Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

by Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal

Overview

In this updated version of their best-selling classic, the authors explain how the powerful tool of reframing —appraising situations from diverse perspectives—can be used to build high-performing, responsive organizations.

Revised and updated for the first time, this business classic with more than 100,000 copies of its first edition in print is a "literate and practical guide to our organizational lives."
—Warrren Bennis

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119756842
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/25/2021
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	171,651
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

LEE G. BOLMAN retired as the Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Widely published on the intersection of leadership and organizations, Bolman is a sought-after consultant and speaker for corporations, public agencies, and educational institutions in the United States and around the world.

TERRENCE E. DEAL retired as the Irving R. Melbo Clinical Professor of the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. Having served on the faculty of some of the top U.S. universities, including Stanford and Harvard, his research into organizations, symbolism, and change informs his work as a consultant to business, healthcare, military, educational, and religious organizations across the globe.

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Table of Contents

MAKING SENSE OF ORGANIZATIONS.
1. Introduction.
2. Simple Ideas, Complex Organizations.
THE STRUCTURAL FRAME.
3. Getting Organized.
4. Structuring and Reengineering.
5. Organizing Groups and Teams.
THE HUMAN RESOURCE FRAME.
6. People and Organizations.
7. Improving Human Resource Management.
8. Interpersonal and Group Dynamics.
THE POLITICAL FRAME.
9. Power, Conflict, and Coalitions.
10. The Manager as Politician.
11. Organizations as Political Arenas and Political Agents.
THE SYMBOLIC FRAME.
12. Organizational Culture and Symbols.
13. Organization as Theater.
14. Organizational Culture in Action.
IMPROVING LEADERSHIP PRACTICE.
15. Integrating Frames for Effective Practice.
16. Reframing in Action: Opportunities and Perils.
17. Reframing Leadership.
18. Reframing Change: Training, Realigning, Negotiating, Grieving.
19. Reframing Ethics and Spirit.
20. Bringing It All Together: Change and Leadership in Action.
21. Epilogue: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership.

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Revised and updated for the first time, this business classic with more than 100,000 copies of its first edition in print is a "literate and practical guide to our organizational lives." (Warrren Bennis)

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