University of Missouri Case Study: Structural Frame
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University Of Missouri (A) : Academic Cuts Planned For Missouri Draw Fire
By Gene I. Maeroff
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A specific characteristic of the case is the strategy used for reducing the budget at the University of Missouri. The problem is that the University of Missouri would lose one-third of its $3.6 million budget, and the strategy is to abolish two of the university's 14 schools and colleges and steeply reduce the operations of seven others over three years (a). The money released from the abolition and reduction would then be used in the remaining programs for increasing faculty salaries and buying equipment for research.
According to Bolman and Deal, the leader must use four frames namely structural, human resource, political, and symbolic. The Structural Frame informs us that Ron Bunn has only used the Structural Frame to approach the problem of budget cuts to address the change at the University of Missouri. This frame gives the leader the how of change. The problem is that the College of Education would experience a loss of one-third of its $3.6 million budget and Ron Bunn has reached the solution that two of the university's schools and reducing the operations of seven others over three years. Ron Bunn's solution prescribes that the money saved would be used in the remaining programs, increase faculty salaries, and purchase research equipment. Ron ...
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