Reframing organizations : artistry, choice, and leadership / Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal

"A joint publication in The Jossey-Bass business & management series and The Jossey-Bass higher & adult education series"--P. [vii]

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-457) and indexes

Making sense of organizations. Introduction : the power of reframing ; Simple ideas, complex organizations -- The structural frame. Getting organized ; Structure and restructuring ; Organizing groups and teams -- The human resource frame. People and organizations ; Improving human resource management ; Interpersonal and group dynamics -- The political frame. Power, conflict, and coalition ; The manager as politician ; Organizations as political arenas and political agents -- The symbolic frame. Organizational culture and symbols ; Organization as theater ; Organizational culture in action -- Improving leadership practice. Integrating frames for effective practice ; Reframing in action : opportunities and perils ; Reframing leadership ; Reframing change : training, realigning, negotiating, grieving, and moving on ; Reframing ethics and spirit ; Bringing it all together : change and leadership in action ; Epilogue -- The best of organizational studies : scholars' hits and popular best-sellers

In 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