Stages in the lives of organizations

Administration in mental health - Tập 17 - Trang 59-66 - 1989
Barry Sugarman1
1Lesley College Graduate School, in Cambridge

Tóm tắt

Organizations go through certain stages and at each stage, their needs for success are different. A four-stage model is presented, including a pendulum model in which the organization swings back and forth, driven by the two opposing forces of centralization and decentralization.

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