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What is the principal stage of the organizational life cycle?
What is the principal stage of the organizational life cycle?
What is the term used to describe the dangers associated with being the first in a new environment?
What is the term used to describe the dangers associated with being the first in a new environment?
What theory explains the factors that affect the rate at which new organizations are born and die in a population of existing organizations?
What theory explains the factors that affect the rate at which new organizations are born and die in a population of existing organizations?
Which process ensures the survival of organizations that best fit with the environment?
Which process ensures the survival of organizations that best fit with the environment?
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What benefits are derived from being an early entrant into a new environment?
What benefits are derived from being an early entrant into a new environment?
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What is the term used to describe particular sets of resources that organizations compete for in the environment?
What is the term used to describe particular sets of resources that organizations compete for in the environment?
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Which stage of the organizational life cycle is associated with the greatest chance of failure?
Which stage of the organizational life cycle is associated with the greatest chance of failure?
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What factor affects the rate at which new organizations are born and die in a population of existing organizations?
What factor affects the rate at which new organizations are born and die in a population of existing organizations?
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What term is used to describe the process that produces a rapid birthrate for new organizations?
What term is used to describe the process that produces a rapid birthrate for new organizations?
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What term refers to the number of organizations that can compete for the same resources in a particular environment?
What term refers to the number of organizations that can compete for the same resources in a particular environment?
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What is the strategy of entering an environment late, after other organizations have tested the environment?
What is the strategy of entering an environment late, after other organizations have tested the environment?
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Which type of organizations concentrate their skills to pursue a narrow range of resources in a single niche?
Which type of organizations concentrate their skills to pursue a narrow range of resources in a single niche?
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What does coercive isomorphism refer to?
What does coercive isomorphism refer to?
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In Greiner's model of organizational growth, what crisis occurs as power struggles over resources emerge between top-level and lower-level managers?
In Greiner's model of organizational growth, what crisis occurs as power struggles over resources emerge between top-level and lower-level managers?
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Which stage in Greiner's model emphasizes greater spontaneity in management action and greater use of product team and matrix structures?
Which stage in Greiner's model emphasizes greater spontaneity in management action and greater use of product team and matrix structures?
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What does institutional theory study in organizations' ability to grow and survive in a competitive environment?
What does institutional theory study in organizations' ability to grow and survive in a competitive environment?
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Study Notes
- Organizational life cycle: sequence of growth and development stages
- Principal stages: Birth, Growth, Decline, Death
- Organizational birth: founding of an organization, occurs when entrepreneurs seize opportunities
- Dangerous stage associated with high failure rate: Liability of newness
- Population ecology model: explains factors affecting new organization birthrate
- Competition for resources determines newborn population density
- Availability of resources and skills influences newborn population
- Natural selection: ensures survival of organizations best adapted to the environment
- First-mover advantages: benefits of being an early entrant into a new environment
- Strategies for competing in the resource environment: specialist vs. generalist
- Specialists concentrate skills to a single niche; generalists compete in many niches
- Institutional theory: organizations increase ability to grow and survive by becoming legitimate
- Organizational growth: life-cycle stage of value creation skills development
- Organizational isomorphism: similarity among organizations in a population
- Coercive, mimetic, and normative isomorphism: processes that make organizations similar
- Greiner's model: growth stages with crises and advancements
- Stage 1: Growth through creativity, crisis of leadership
- Stage 2: Growth through direction, crisis of autonomy
- Stage 3: Growth through delegation, crisis of control
- Stage 4: Growth through coordination, crisis of red tape
- Stage 5: Growth through collaboration, crisis of collaboration
- Understanding organizational growth: case discussion - National Geographic Society.
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Explore the basics of organizational growth, survival strategies, and the concept of organizational life cycle in this post graduate certification session. Delve into topics like organizational birth, isomorphism, and competing strategies in the resource environment.
