Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership, Fourth Edition; Contents; Preface; Part One: Making Sense of Organizations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Simple Ideas, Complex Organizations; Part Two: The Structural Frame; Chapter 3: Getting Organized; Chapter 4: Structure and Restructuring; Chapter 5: Organizing Groups and Teams; Part Three: The Human Resource Frame; Chapter 6: People and Organizations; Chapter 7: Improving Human Resource Management; Chapter 8: Interpersonal and Group Dynamics; Part Four: The Political Frame; Chapter 9: Power, Conflict, and Coalition. Chapter 10: The Manager as PoliticianChapter 11: Organizations as Political Arenas and Political Agents; Part Five: The Symbolic Frame; Chapter 12: Organizational Symbols and Culture; Chapter 13: Culture in Action; Chapter 14: Organization as Theater; Part Six: Improving Leadership Practice; Chapter 15: Integrating Frames for Effective Practice; Chapter 16: Reframing in Action; Chapter 17: Reframing Leadership; Chapter 18: Reframing Change in Organizations; Chapter 19: Reframing Ethics and Spirit; Chapter 20: Bringing It All Together; Chapter 21: Epilogue. Appendix: The Best of Organizational StudiesScholars' Hits; Scholars' Hits; Popular Best-Sellers; References; The Authors; Name Index; Subject Index.

First published in 1984, Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal?s best-selling book has become a classic in the field. Its four-frame model examines organizations as factories, families, jungles, and theaters or temples:The Structural Frame: how to organize and structure groups and teams to get resultsThe Human Resource Frame: how to tailor organizations to satisfy human needs, improve human resource management, and build positive interpersonal and group dynamicsThe Political Frame: how to cope with power and conflict, build coalitions, hone political skills, and deal with internal and external politics.