The Air Force operates in a fast pace high-stakes environment and in order to be effective its leadership must be able to react to rapidly changing environment. One leadership strategy proposed by Drs. Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal incorporates the use of four different leadership frames to effectively lead in a complex environment (Phillips & Baron, 2013). A frame is a tactic which allows a leader to view an issue from a particular perspective (Phillips & Baron, 2013). It is important that an organization’s leaders are able to see the similarities and differences of the four frames if they desire to initiate learning and lead organizational change within their organizations (Creating, 2012). The four frames serve as diagnostic model that
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The 116th Bomb Wing, a traditional guard wing located in Warner Robins, Georgia was blended with the 93rd ACW, an all active duty wing. The reorganization was made under the Air Force 's Total Force Initiative (TFI) to form America 's first "Total Force" wing, effective 1 October 2002. However, on 1 October 2011 the 116th Air Control Wing was deactivated as a TFI/Joint Air National Guard/United States Air Force Unit. Reasons cited for the inactivation were that updated Air Force regulations which did not cover the blended unit, leading to issues of how promotions, disciplinary actions, and other administrative issues were handled (Crenshaw, 2011). The reorganization from a Total Force Wing to traditional associated unit has produced …show more content…
The symbolic frame is used to promote organizational culture. One way to accomplish this is through the use of symbols, such as stories, values, and heroes that can be used to promote the desired organizations culture. A symbol is a something that every individual in an organization can identify with and take pride in. Symbols however have no meaning unless the leaders of an organizations attach meaning to the symbol. Herb Kelleher, former CEO of Southwest Airlines, would show his employees what it meant to be a Southwest employee through his example (Phillips & Baron, 2013). Bolman and Deal state the leader in the symbolic frame “…believes that the most important part of a leader’s job is inspiration---giving people something they can believe in” (as cited in Phillips & Baron, 2013). The symbolic frame captures organizational life as drama and treats organizations as theatre (Defoe, 2013). The context of the symbolic frame engages individual’s hearts and minds and it engages people with rituals, ceremonies and stories. The faith built up by symbols and meaning those symbols infuses into members build passion, creativity (Defoe, 2013). The symbolic frame challenges leaders to create and maintain faith, beauty, and meaning (Defoe, 2013). The metaphors used for the symbolic frame are theatre, temple, or
The 116th Bomb Wing, a traditional guard wing located in Warner Robins, Georgia was blended with the 93rd ACW, an all active duty wing. The reorganization was made under the Air Force 's Total Force Initiative (TFI) to form America 's first "Total Force" wing, effective 1 October 2002. However, on 1 October 2011 the 116th Air Control Wing was deactivated as a TFI/Joint Air National Guard/United States Air Force Unit. Reasons cited for the inactivation were that updated Air Force regulations which did not cover the blended unit, leading to issues of how promotions, disciplinary actions, and other administrative issues were handled (Crenshaw, 2011). The reorganization from a Total Force Wing to traditional associated unit has produced …show more content…
The symbolic frame is used to promote organizational culture. One way to accomplish this is through the use of symbols, such as stories, values, and heroes that can be used to promote the desired organizations culture. A symbol is a something that every individual in an organization can identify with and take pride in. Symbols however have no meaning unless the leaders of an organizations attach meaning to the symbol. Herb Kelleher, former CEO of Southwest Airlines, would show his employees what it meant to be a Southwest employee through his example (Phillips & Baron, 2013). Bolman and Deal state the leader in the symbolic frame “…believes that the most important part of a leader’s job is inspiration---giving people something they can believe in” (as cited in Phillips & Baron, 2013). The symbolic frame captures organizational life as drama and treats organizations as theatre (Defoe, 2013). The context of the symbolic frame engages individual’s hearts and minds and it engages people with rituals, ceremonies and stories. The faith built up by symbols and meaning those symbols infuses into members build passion, creativity (Defoe, 2013). The symbolic frame challenges leaders to create and maintain faith, beauty, and meaning (Defoe, 2013). The metaphors used for the symbolic frame are theatre, temple, or