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Stages in the lives of organizations

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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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  1. Lesley College Graduate School, in Cambridge, MA

    Barry Sugarman Ph.D. (Professor of Management)

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Sugarman, B. Stages in the lives of organizations. Adm Policy Ment Health 17, 59–66 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00706397

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