Building a harmonious workplace culture is directly related to the process of value-driven human systems. The practice of organizational development is an evolving process that highlights the future development of the organization. The final four modules provided knowledge and experience regarding Pacifine and the four frames found in Bolman and Deal's Reframing Organizations which include: structural, human resources, political and symbolic. Every company or department is forced to find the best way to manage, execute and achieve success. Even though Pacifine is a fictional company that our class uses to do exercises and to help us understand the four frames of organizational development. The first module introduced us to the current issues and problems Pacifine was addressing by exploring their past and present organizational charts. According to Bolman and Deal in Reframing Organizations, the premise of the Structural Frame is outlined as follows: (1) Organizations exist to achieve established goals and objectives, (2) Organizations increase efficiency and improve performance through specialization and a adequate division of labor, (3) Organizations function best when rationality prevails over personal agendas and extraneous pressures, (4) effective structures adapt to an organization's current circumstances, and (5) problems arise and performance suffers from structural deficits. According to the text, the structure of an organization is “sanctioned expectations and exchanges” between internal actors such as executives, managers, and employees and external constituents such as customers, competitors, and regulatory agencies. Two problems arise when considering structural design: ( 1) How to distribute work and (2) How to coordinate… middle of paper… these advantages, but also have some weaknesses Structural framework ignores externals, HR framework can overemphasize growth and collaboration, the political framework generates mistrust and the symbolic framework could be seen as a blindfold to cover real problems. The criteria for deciding which framework to use include evaluation: 1) Are commitment and motivation essential for success? Are ambiguity and uncertainty high? 3) Are conflicts and scarce resources significant? and 4) Are you working from the bottom up? use them all to get a complete picture. Using a wide angle lens to look at the image using all frames is what promotes leadership. Single frame leaders will fail, but good leaders will examine the situation multiple times to find the best frame to apply.
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