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A 5 page research paper-- Bolman and Deal (1991) consolidate the philosophies major schools on organizational theory into four perspectives: the structural frame; the human resource frame; the political frame; and the symbolic frame. Each of these "frames" describe a particular way of looking at organizations and how they function. This examination of frame theory looks specifically at how the political frame provides the best and most accurate description of the operation and work of a Chicago non-profit organization, New Horizons, which is concerned with preserving the African American community of Bronzeville. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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specific goals (Selznick, 1978). Bolman and Deal (1991) consolidate the philosophies major schools on organizational theory into four perspectives: the structural frame; the human resource frame; the political frame; and
the symbolic frame. Each of these "frames" describe a particular way of looking at organizations and how they function. The following examination of frame theory looks specifically at how the
political frame provides the best and most accurate description of the operation and work of a Chicago non-profit organization, New Horizons, which is concerned with preserving the African American community
of Bronzeville (Centers for New Horizons, nd). The political frame The political frame was invented and developed primarily by political scientists (Bolman and Deal, 1991). This perspective perceives organizations
as "arenas in which different interest groups compete for power and scarce resources" (Bolman and Deal, 1991, p. 15). Within the political arena, conflict is omnipresent due to the differences
in needs, perspectives and lifestyles of individuals and groups (Bolman and Deal, 1991). Bargaining and negotiation; coercion and compromise--these factors are simply a fact of life within the political frame
(Bolman and Deal, 1991). Coalitions come and go and generally form relative to specific interests, as the focus on public issues change. Problems within the political frame arise either because
it is concentrated "in the wrong places" or because it is so "broadly dispersed" that nothing ever gets done (Bolman and Deal, 1991, p. 15). Solutions are found due to
political skills and acumen. There are politics within organizations, but politics also exist in the relationships that organizations have to one another and to the larger social stage (Bolman and
Deal, 1991). As organizations have their own specific interests, they compete with others for scarce resources. To put it bluntly, a pure conceptualization of the political frame was first
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