Bolman's Human Resource Frame: University of Missouri
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Using the Human Resources Frame, choose a specific human relations characteristic of the case - and explain in-depth, how the Human Resources Frame informs the circumstances of the University of Missouri case (Academic Cuts Planned for Missouri Draw Fire by Gene I. Maeroff).
From a human resources perspective, is there anything you would do differently? Explain, incorporating at least 1 or 2 assumptions of the Human Resources/ Relations Frame in your response)?
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This posting applies the Human Resource Frame to the University of Missouri.
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According to Bolman and Deal's human resource frame, the leaders stress the importance of people. They point out that leaders must develop a good fit between people and the organization. The circumstance of the University of Missouri is that the university will lose of third of its $3.6 million budget under the proposal. In response the Provost Ron Bunn has proposed abolishing two of the university's 14 schools and colleges and steeply reducing the operations of seven other schools and colleges over a period of three years (a). The Provost has proposed that the money released by the closing down and reduction in operations will be reallocated to the remaining programs to increase faculty salaries, and purchase equipment for research.
Using the Human Resources Frame the action of closing down two schools and colleges and also reducing the operations of seven schools will lead to layoffs of faculty and staff in these colleges. Moreover, the residents of Missouri will have fewer options for education and may have to leave the state to study the stream of their choice (b). The Human Frame the leader puts emphasis on the people's needs. It ...
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