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- Title
Power and Organization Life Cycles.
- Authors
Mintzberg, Henry
- Abstract
This paper derives a model of organization life cycles in three steps: (1) by considering relationships of power distribution inside an organization with that around it, a typology of six configurations of organization power is produced; (2) by considering intrinsic forces that work within each of these configurations to destroy it, the likely transitions between these configurations are identified; and (3) by stringing these transitions together in sequences over time as organizations survive and develop, the model is developed. Some implications of such a model in a society of large organizations are addressed briefly in conclusion.
- Subjects
ORGANIZATIONAL change; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; POWER (Social sciences); PSYCHOLOGICAL typologies; ORGANIZATIONAL power; CORPORATE power; SYSTEMS engineering; INDUSTRIAL management; STUDY &; teaching of organization; BUSINESS cycles
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 1984, Vol 9, Issue 2, p207
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AMR.1984.4277632