Organizational life cycle

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Organizational life cycle is the life cycle of an organization from birth level to the termination.

There are five level/stages in any organization.

Birth
Growth
Maturity
Decline
Death

According to Richard L. Daft ^[1] there are four stages in an Organizational Life Cycle.

The four stages are:

Entrepreneurial stage -> Crisis: Need for leadership
Collectivity stage -> Crisis: Need for delegation
Formalization stage -> Crisis: Too much red tape
Elaboration stage -> Crisis: Need for revitalization

(Richard L. Daft, Understanding the Theory and Design of Organizations, first edition 2007, ISBN 0-324-42271-7)

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