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Courtship: A pre-establishment phase when ideas and possibilities
are discussed to start the venture.
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Infancy: Action time, when venture is started.
A few policy system, procedures or budgets.
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Go-Go: Company's cash flow and sales are up. The
company is not only surviving , it is growing.
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Adolescence: A company is reborn. The phase demands
delegation of authority, professionalism and setting of new goals.
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Prime: It is the optimum point on the lifecycle
curve.
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Stable: The Company is still strong , but it starts
to lose its flexibility. There are less conflicts. People spend more time in
the office with eachother that with clients or sales people.
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Aristocracy: Money is spent on control systems,
benefits and facilities. More formality in behavior and dressing. Low
innovation. Emphasis is on how things are don rather than why it is done.
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Early Bureaucracy: Emphasis is on who caused the
problem rather than what to do about it. More backstabbing and infighting.
Customer gets less attention.
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Bureaucracy: Many systems with little
functional approach. It disassociates from its environment. Customers
face problem to get things done therefore they try to find ways to bypass or
break the system.
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Death: Bureaucratic organizations may survive for
years inefficiently and ineffectively. Death occurs when no one is committed
to the organization.
