Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Bolman and Deal

  • 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 requires movement beyond narrow mechanical thinking.

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