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Reframing Organizations, 7th Edition
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Reframing Organizations, 7th Edition

by Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
August 2021
Intermediate to advanced
544 pages
17h 27m
English
Jossey-Bass
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PART THREEThe Human Resource Frame

“Our most important asset is our people.”

“Organizations exploit people—chew them up and spit them out.”

Which of these two views of the relationship between people and organizations seems more accurate? How you answer affects everything you do at work.

The human resource frame centers on what organizations and people do to and for one another. We begin in Chapter 6 by laying out basic assumptions, focusing on the fit between human needs and organizational requirements. Organizations generally hope for a cadre of talented, highly motivated employees who give their best. Often, though, these same organizations rely on outdated assumptions and counterproductive practices that cause workers to give less and ...

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