Elements of Organisational Ecocycle:
Emergent, Rational and Constrained action i relation to organisational life-cycle
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Principle:
An infinity loop illustrating organisational stages that are all connected to each other. Hence renewal and destruction are part of an ongoing process.
Issues:
- Strategic management – progress and growth by rational strategies and planning
- Conservation – demand slows firm conserve effort and increase efficiency
- Crisis – as threatened with new competition or technology
- Confusion – aftermath of crisis search for direction
- Charismatic leadership – new styles of decision making and motivation
- Creative network – “emergent” strategies as boundaries break down
- Choice – new technical and organizational choices are made
- Entrepreneurial action – creative approaches to new ventures
Applications:
To determine and foresee the organisations stages in life-cycle
Source of Organisational Ecocycle:
Adizes (2004)