Iggy’s Bread of the World Case Study Symbolic Assessment

Company Human Symbolic Frame Assessment All organizations have some degree of symbolic life with Bolman and Deal referring to this as an organization’s cultural tapestry and state (Bolman and Deal, 2013). Furthermore the symbolic frame, drawing on social and cultural anthropology, treats organizations as temples, theaters, or carnivals (Bolman and Deal, 2013). It abandons assumptions of rationality more prominent in other frames. It sees organizations as cultures, propelled more by rituals, ceremonies, stories, heroes, and myths than by rules, policies, and managerial authority (Bolman and Deal, 2013). Organizations can be viewed as theaters where actors or employees play their roles in the organizational drama while audiences or customers form impressions from what is seen onstage or in business practices (Bolman and Deal, 2013). However, problems arise when actors or employees blow their parts, when symbols lose their meaning, or when ceremonies and rituals lose their effectiveness (Bolman and Deal, 2013.) Iggy and Ludmilla’s bakery established itself as a symbolic organization right away (Grendon and McGinn, 2001). It set a standard of values, attitudes, beliefs, expectations, and organizational norms right away (Grendon and McGinn, 2001). Iggy and Ludmilla established a sense of pride and accomplishment along with personal responsibility for all employees to maintain and promote the organizational symbol of superior product quality (Bolman and Deal, 2013.) Furthermore, the ritual of recognizing employee and family member birthdays along with the organized soccer games united the management and employees (Bolman and Deal, 2013). Also, Iggy established himself as a knowledgeable yet humble inspirational leader through which each employee would gain knowledge