Organizational renewal is how an organization alters a downward trajectory and repurposes itself towards refocusing on its existing or new vision and purpose.
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Proposition MRM: A Paradigm for Post-Crisis Organizational Healing – The Case of Fishlake Primary School
Ann-Marie Wilmot (Church Teacher's College, Mandeville, Jamaica) and Canute S. Thompson (University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7016-6.ch011
Abstract
This qualitative chapter, which used a case study design, sought to examine whether the leadership theory of proposition modelling, respect, and motivation, MRM, could be used as a framework to guide a primary school through and out of the trauma it was experiencing. Organizational traumas are natural occurrences that affect large and small organizations. They can be triggered by several factors such as mergers, acquisitions, staff retrenchment, interpersonal dysfunctionalities, and drastic change. The research found that by focusing on building trust, pursuing community engagements, managing conflicts, and building capacity, the principal was able to help the school community overcome its trauma. The chapter concludes that an essential ingredient in effective management of organizational trauma is building and maintaining trust, and this strategy is aided by engagement of stakeholders, respecting the collective wisdom, and meaningful power-sharing.