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Reframing Organizations , 3 rd ed. Chapter 15. Integrating Frames for Effective Practice. Integrating Frames for Effective Practice. Life as Managers Know It Across the Frames: Organizations as Multiple Realities Matching Frames to Situations Effective Managers and Organizations
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Chapter 15 Integrating Frames for Effective Practice
Integrating Frames for Effective Practice • Life as Managers Know It • Across the Frames: Organizations as Multiple Realities • Matching Frames to Situations • Effective Managers and Organizations • Manager’s Frame Preferences
Life as Managers Know It • Myth: • Managers are rational, spent time planning, deciding and controlling • Organized, in control, unruffled • Reality • Management life is hectic, frantic, constantly shifting • Too busy to read or even think • Rely on intuition and hunches for many of the most important decisions • Hassled priests, modern muddlers, wheeler-dealers
Across the Frames: Organizations as Multiple Realities • Four Interpretations of Organizational Processes • Doctor Fights to Quit Maine Island
Matching Frames to Situations • Choosing a Frame • Commitment and motivation • Technical quality • Ambiguity and uncertainty • Conflict and scarce resources • Working from bottom up
Effective Managers and Organizations • Characteristics of Excellent/Visionary Companies • Embrace paradox • Clear core identity • Effective Senior Managers • Highly complex jobs requiring diverse skills • Political dimension is critical • Effective middle managers • Structural and human resource skills help performance, but political skills help you get ahead
Manager’s Frame Preferences • Research shows ability to use multiple frames is consistently associated with effectiveness. • Effectiveness as manager – structural frame is key • Effectiveness as leader – political and symbolic frames are central
Conclusion • Managers’ daily reality is messier, less rational, more conflict-filled than is often realized • Choice of frame depends on circumstances • Managers need multiple frames to survive