EDU509 Leadership and Organizational Theory
SLP Assignment EDU509 Leadership and Organizational Theory
• Explain why people tend to view the world from a single perspective and why viewing any situation in this way leads to a limited understanding of the situation.
• Describe the concept of reframing, or viewing situations in diverse ways, and the benefits of reframing.
• Complete a self-assessment of your leadership orientation and interpret the results.
Consider the following questions (and take notes) while you read the chapter:
• Why do people tend to view the world from a single perspective?
• How does viewing the world from a single perspective limit our understanding of situations?
• What are the benefits of reframing?
1. Read: Chapter 1: Introduction the Power of Reframing (p. 3–22) in:
Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2013). Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Next, review my completed the Leadership Orientations self-assessment
Write a 2- to 3-page paper (excluding title page and reference list) that includes the following components:
A. Introduction
B. Discussion of the benefits of reframing
C. A brief description of your leadership orientation results
D. Reflection on your leadership orientation results. Complete the following statements:
• In order to get ahead in organizations, I always…
• As a leader, I like to…
• When faced with conflict, I usually…
• My strengths as a manager include…
E. Reflect on how reframing may be useful to you in your current role as a leader or manager.
• How might reframing support student success or employee success in your current or future educational setting?
F. Conclusion
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Introduction
Leadership is critical to any organization. A leader must be able to make informed decisions that help his/her team navigate the challenges that they encounter. Most problems are multifactorial and a narrow approach to them would lead to ineffective decisions and higher chances of failure and misleading the team. Thus, a leader must develop a near unconscious ability to always perceive the challenges from several angles before making decision. The ability of a leader or any other individual to approach a problem from multiple perspectives is known as reframing.
The benefits of reframing
Framing helps you develop another perspective to an issue. It is important to analyze any situation through multiple frames to avoid subjectivity. There is a difference between good and great decisions. A good decision is made by a decision-maker when he/she analyzes a situation with the available information and from a single approach and then makes a decision. A great decision is made when the decision-maker perceives the situation from multiple angles and comprehensively considers all the options and possible outcomes for each angle before settling on a single decision and or a blend of two or more perspectives. Reframing is approaching an issue from multiple angles and considering the implications of each angle before settling on the best decision.
One advantage of reframing is it leads to a better decision. This is because the decision-maker ‘simulates’ all possible scenarios before making the decision. In the simulation, the decision-maker is able to ‘test’ the best decision. In some cases, the decision maker can blend several perspectives and come up with a new better decision. Secondly, frames help in ‘sorting essence from trivia.’ in some cases, the problem could emanate in a different frame, and it affects another frame. Reframing helps the decision-maker to unearth the root of the problem especially if it comes from other frames and make better decisions after understanding the root of the problem. For example, a poorly motivated workforce can be analyzed from the human resource frame but after reframing the management can find out that the lack of motivation stems from unhealthy workplace politics. Thus, the decision could...