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1. In Chapter of Reframing Organizations, the authors describe four significant properties of organizations:
• Organizations are complex
• Organizations are surprising
• Organizations are deceptive
• Organizations are ambiguous
a. Describe the management implications associated with each of these properties (one by one) (Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer should total between 1,050 words, single spaced.)
b. Taken together, what do these four significant properties of organizations tell us about the challenges of managing organizations? (Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer should total 650 words, single spaced.)
2. Summarize Bolman and Deal's Reframing perspective by addressing the following questions:
a. Why is the framing perspective important? How does it help managers to understand better the challenges and conditions they face? (Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer should be about 350 words, single spaced.)
b. What are the key features of the structural frame? (Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer should be about 350 words, single spaced.)
c. What are the key features of the human relations frame? (Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer should be about 350 words, single spaced.)
d. What are the key features of the political frame? (Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer should be about 350 words, single spaced.)
e. What are the key features of the symbolic frame? (Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer should be about 350 words, single spaced)
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