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Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership
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Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

by Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
August 2008
Intermediate to advanced
544 pages
14h 5m
English
Jossey-Bass
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Part Three. The Human Resource Frame

Our most important asset is our people."

"Organizations exploit people — chew them up and spit them out." Of these two contrasting views of the relationship between people and organizations, which is 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 Six 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 Often, though, these same organizations rely on outdated assumptions and counterproductive practices that cause workers to give ...

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ISBN: 9780787987992