Organizational Frames Outside the US, Essay Example

Structural

Snow, D.A., Rochford, E.B., Jr., Worden, S.K. & Benford, R.D. (1986). Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation. American Sociological Review, 51(4): 464-481.

Tasks and Linkages

• Religious organizations sought affiliation across borders for greater good
• Diverse organizations from Bible Belt Christians to Rastafarians
• To link, they had to find common ground
• To narrow their objectives, they needed to speak the same language

Team Configuration

• Teams structured along task lines
• For example, those seeking to help in South Africa from working groups
• Teams also structured along personal affiliation
• People who seemed to be working toward the same end coincidentally became partners

Allocation

• Resources had to be allocated according to needs
• Those with more economic resources share with those with more cultural resources
• And vice versa
• Work was allocated according to expertise and necessity

Coordination

• Coordination particularly challenging with differing mindsets
• Those in need were kept in mind to overcome differneces
• Ultimately common values prevailed
• Ultimately some of the most needy people benefited

Human Resource

Avery, G.C. & Baker (2002). Reframing the infomated household-workplace. Information & Organization, 12.

Human Needs

• Necessity made the home the workplace again in Australia
• The trend had been left behind in developed countries since the industrial revolution
• Challenges of the cottage industry mitigated by technology
• An information society made this possible

Human Capital

• The economic value of the individual worker increased
• As expenses from working outside the home decreas profit increased
• Personal tasks became interpolated with work
• As profit increased, people became more economically valuabble

Ownership Culture

• As home life and business intertwined the worker took more stock in both
• As such, both benefited
• One could take care of the home while taking car eof business
• Business could be taken care of in the home

Egalitarianism

• Because work was no longer just the domain of the marketplace, gender bias became less evident with respect to division of labor
• Both men and women became more likely to cross gender lines with respect to housework and job duties
• More equality, less domination
• More parternership, less stress
  Political

Snow, D.A. & Benford, R.D. (1988). Ideology, frame resonance, and participation mobilization. International Social Movement Research, 1: 197-127.

Power

• Mutually assured destruction necessitated changes in global political structures
• Europeans and Americans swapped ideas about what was a workable solution
• People question the wisdome of leaders
• People did nto agree with government insifght

Authority

• Both demographics became increasingly dissolution with their government in general
• For Europeans, that meant demanding more perceived America-style ideals
• Americans themselves were not ssen to be upgolding them well
• Western Europeans bcame intolerant of what they perceive as American imperial aspirations

Agendas

• People saw the agendas of the superpowers as dangers to all of humanity
• As government agendas diverged from those of the governed, political stress became a reality within borders also
• Political activism became more attractive to people
• They sought solutions to what they saw as an insane sort of ego war between nations

Negotiations

• The media help bring issues to the forfront
• Protestors bade their voices heard
• These activists demanded negotiations between nuclear armed nations
• They forced governments to the table

Symbolic

Rick Fantasia, R. & Hirsch, E.L. (1995). Culture in rebellion: The appropriation and transformation of the veil in the Algerian Revolution. Chapter 8 in Social Movements and Culture, 4. Johnston, H. & Klandermans, B. (Eds.). University of Minnesota.

History

• The people of North Africa share similar heritage
• Legend and history underscore a rugged individualism
• They share language
• They share a sense of commonality

Ritual

• Many share the same religion
• In Algeria, Islamic ideals came to the forefront during revolutionary times
• Uncertain tranditions were laid by the wayside
• More trustrowrthy traditions were strengthened

Culture

• Interestingly, although Arabic-speaking peoples, North Africans are considered a different ethnic group
• They keep distinguishingly Berber characteristics about their cultural past and aspirations
• Having been colonized by the French, they saw it as a return to their true identity
• Although having assimilated some French culture

Leadership

• It spoke to their requirements for leadership
• No longer willing to accept despotic government, they sought to shake the chains of oppression
• They required people they saw as trustworthy
• Overlords would no longer due