Adizes, Ichak, 1937-

Managing corporate lifecycles : How organizations grow, age, and die / [print] Ichak Kalderon Adizes. - first edition. - Santa Barbara, California : Adizes Institute Publishing, (c)2012. - xv, 188 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Change and its repercussions -- Courtship -- Infancy -- The wild years: go-go -- Thee second birth and the coming of age: Adolescence -- Prime -- The signs of aging -- The aging organizations: Aristocracy -- The final decay: Salem city, bureaucracy, and death -- Determining a company's position on the corporate lifecycle.

This book offers a complete guide for understanding the natural lifecycles of organizations. Insightful and filled with practical knowledge, it is invaluable in diagnosing the problems of organizational growth and aging.



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Organizational change.
Corporate culture.
Organizational behavior.

Leadership & Motivation


Business Management.

HD58.A235.M363 2012