Reframing Organizations, Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal argue that many organizations today fail due to a lack of imagination. Most managers are ineffective because they are locked in a "psychic prison." Rather than analyzing new organizational c Continue Reading...
Jack Welch became the CEO of General Electric and was tasked with bringing the company's profits up in a recession. In this case, he realized that it was an issue of the internal affairs of the business and not so much customer service issues. In re Continue Reading...
Reframing is a unique concept in today's global environment. Mangers, leaders and personnel must each envision corporate possibilities without geographic limits. They must now also be aware of potential global competition on the part of foreign entit Continue Reading...
Leadership Self-Assessment Analysis
In the wake of the corporal scandals of Enron and the Arthur Anderson Company, there have been increased calls for strong ethical leadership. Leadership had always been regarded as a key factor in ensuring the eff Continue Reading...
Hewlett-Packard Redefines the HP Way
Learning Organizations
"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."
Henry Ford
The case study, Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard, presents a portrait of an evol Continue Reading...
Properties
Management Implications Associated with Different Properties of Organization
The authors of the book reframing organizations have described the organizations as having four distinct properties. These properties are: (Bolman and Deal)
C Continue Reading...
Structural Frame of Zappos
Organizational Structure Case Study: Zappos
Structure is "a blueprint for formal expectations and exchanges among internal players," (Bolman & Deal 2003 p 46). An organization's structure can determine how it will suc Continue Reading...
Hillary Clinton and Leadership
No other First Lady in recent history has been as admired and vilified as Hillary Rodham Clinton. Breaking from the mold of her immediate predecessors, Clinton has more in common with her earlier counterparts, like Ele Continue Reading...
The leadership concepts as defined by Bolman & Deal (2006) are also illustrated in this movie, where leaders don't try to squelch conflict; they respect it and use it as a means for gaining creative insights into solving problems. These leaders Continue Reading...
Leadership Skills Impact International Education
CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Practical Circumstances of International schools
THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION
What is Effective Leadership for Today's Schools?
Challenges of In Continue Reading...
Human Resource Frame
The topic of human resource is highly popular among the specialized literature and this can be explained by the changing role of the employees within the modern day business climate. Based on previous research, it was observed t Continue Reading...
Business and Leadership
Peter Northouse, in his newly released book Theory and Practice along with Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal in their also newly released book Reframing Organizations can help each one of us to understand the ways in which we take Continue Reading...
Related to this concept of "myth" is the concept of "vision." A vision can transform an organization's ideology or sense of purpose into a road map for the future (Bolman, 2008,p. 255). Vision can translate into principles being integrated into the Continue Reading...