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Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership, Fifth Edition
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In this fifth edition of the bestselling text in organizational theory and behavior, Bolman and Deal’s update includes coverage of pressing issues such as globalization, changing workforce, multi-cultural and virtual workforces and communication, and sustainability. A full instructor support package is available including an instructor’s guide, summary tip sheets for each chapter, hot links to videos & extra resources, mini-assessments for each of the frames, and podcast Q&As with Bolman & Deal.
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Lee G. Bolman holds the Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He consults worldwide to corporations, public agencies, universities, and schools. In addition to his many books with Terry Deal, he is also coauthor of Reframing Academic Leadership with Joan V. Gallos.

Terrence E. Deal left active university life as the Irving R. Melbo Clinical Professor of the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education. He is the coauthor of twenty-three books, including the bestselling Corporate Cultures (with A. A. Kennedy, 1982) and Managing the Hidden Organization (with W. A. Jenkins, 1994).

Bolman and Deal are also coauthors of Leading with Soul (now in its third edition), Wizard and Warrior, and their forthcoming book, Reframing Leadership (also from Wiley).

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Preface vii

Acknowledgments xiii

PART ONE Making Sense of Organizations 1

1 Introduction: The Power of Reframing 3

2 Simple Ideas, Complex Organizations 23

PART TWO The Structural Frame 41

3 Getting Organized 43

4 Structure and Restructuring 69

5 Organizing Groups and Teams 95

PART THREE The Human Resource Frame 113

6 People and Organizations 115

7 Improving Human Resource Management 137

8 Interpersonal and Group Dynamics 161

PART FOUR The Political Frame 183

9 Power, Conflict, and Coalition 185

10 The Manager as Politician 205

11 Organizations as Political Arenas and Political Agents 225

PART FIVE The Symbolic Frame 243

12 Organizational Symbols and Culture 245

13 Culture in Action 271

14 Organization as Theater 285

PART SIX Improving Leadership Practice 303

15 Integrating Frames for Effective Practice 305

16 Reframing in Action: Opportunities and Perils 323

17 Reframing Leadership 337

18 Reframing Change in Organizations 371

19 Reframing Ethics and Spirit 393

20 Bringing It All Together: Change and Leadership in Action 407

21 Epilogue: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership 431

Appendix: The Best of Organizational Studies 435

Notes 439

Bibliography 441

The Authors 483

Name Index 485

Subject Index 497

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