BUSI 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Meritocracy, Holarchy, Charismatic Authority
28 Dec 2015
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Meeting 9-ch8 organization size, life cycle, and decline. Liability of newness when a firm suffers from lack legitimacy (e. g. lack of slack resources, trust amongst employees, uncertainties) Greniers model of growth stage: entrepreneurial stage (leadership crisis, going through direction, collectivity stage (clear direction, formalization stage (need for delegation with control) lack of autonomy, elaboration stage (need to deal with too much red tape) Control crisis averted- one way to avoid fast expansion is bpo let others handle some processes leaving the firm to focus on core. Higher degree of freedom in the internal system. Compel management to take steps toward reducing uncertainties. Blinded stage-internal and external change that threatens long-term survival and may require the organization to tighten up. Inaction stage-stage in which denial occurs despite signs of deteriorating performance. Faulty action stage-org is facing serious problems, and indicators or poor performance cannot be ignored.
