University of Missouri: Informative Frame
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Recognizing that all four frames (Political, Human Resource, Structural, and Symbolic) are useful as a lens for evaluating organizations, do you believe that any one of the four frames is more informative relative to our understanding of the University of Missouri case (Academic Cuts Planned for Missouri Draw Fire, by Gene I. Maeroff.)? If so, which frame (or frames), and why?
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This posting selects and describes the frame of Bolman and Deal that is most informative in the University of Missouri case
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We recognize that all four frames (political, human resource, structural, and symbolic) are useful as a lens for evaluating organizations. The Political Frame is more information relative to our understanding of the University of Missouri Case. The political frame. According to Bolman and Deal, the political structure describes an organization that competes within its group for limited resources and time. The organization consists of varied persons with several different and contradictory beliefs, perceptions, and interests. At the University of Missouri, the Provost faced a dilemma. He could improve the status and capacity of the University of Missouri by offering competitive salaries At the same time President Olson asked chancellors to consider salary increments because the state withheld ten percent of the university's funds (a). At this point, the administrators of the University of Missouri's main campout proposed the closedown of 2 schools/ colleges and reducing seven other programs. This situation is essentially political because the administration has decided to allocate the scarce resources of the university in a particular manner.
The varied views and needs at the University created a need for power to satisfy conflicts. The provost Ron Dunn negotiated with the Board of Curators of the ...
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