scholarly journals Organizational life cycle models: a design perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Mosca ◽  
Martina Gianecchini ◽  
Diego Campagnolo
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Life Cycle ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Design Characteristics ◽  
Significant Return

AbstractNew competitive and environmental challenges have fostered renewed attention towards organizational design. This scenario calls for a significant return to organizational design studies that embrace a holistic approach, especially those focusing on the simultaneous interaction of multiple design elements. Organizational life cycle (OLC) models provide a fitting response to this call. In this paper, we review the organizational design characteristics of five seminal OLC models. We show that according to these OLC models, growth in size—which is described as unavoidable—generates business issues that firms are forced to solve by adopting only one possible organizational configuration, here following a deterministic organizational approach. We challenge this approach and propose conceiving of OLC as an evolutionary process, which calls for a variety of equifinal organizational solutions. We conclude by proposing future research avenues.

The Organisational Life Cycle Scale: An Empirical Validation

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-325
Author(s):  
Moyassar Al-Taie ◽  
Aileen Cater-Steel
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chief Information Officers ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Life Cycle ◽  
Reliability Indices ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Different Types

Organizational life cycle scales are widely relied upon by scholar and practitioners alike as a strategic tool to identify firms’ life cycle stages. However, little attention has been paid to verifying and validating the OLC measures despite the considerable amount of OLC literature. The purpose of this study is to critically examine the psychometric properties of the OLC scale proposed by Lester, Parnell and Carraher. Data were obtained from a sample of 174 Australian Chief Information Officers from different sized firms and different industries and analysed by the use of component-based structural equation modelling. Results showed that the five-stage OLC scale exhibits acceptable validity and reliability indices despite some minor weaknesses. Results also confirmed the validity and the generalisability of this scale to measure and identify OLC stages in different types of industries. Based on these results and the literature review, alternate items were developed as substitutes for the weak items and an agenda for future research on OLC measurement is provided.

scholarly journals The Organizational Life Cycle: Review and Future Agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Jirásek ◽  
Jan Bílek
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Theory ◽  
Life Cycle Models

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The review summarizes major research that contributed to the organizational life cycle theory, discusses major issues and contradictions of the theory and offers additional assumptions about the organizational life cycle. Based on that, it attempts to offer a future research agenda for the theory.</p><p><strong>Methodology/Approach:</strong> The paper uses narrative review; the list of included life cycle models stems from previous summaries of the theory and subsequent snowball search through reference lists of individual reviewed papers.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> The theory is rich with various life cycle models that nevertheless converge on some major characteristics. Organizational life cycle can be described with classical five stages: (i) founding, (ii) growth, (iii) maturity, (iv) decline, and (v) revival. However, the stages do not necessarily follow in such an order, and therefore the research establishes likely paths in their development. Also, it appears that growth rate (relative to a market) and change in formalism are major factors distinguishing in the theory individual stages.</p><p><strong>Research Limitation/implication:</strong> Organizational life cycle theory is often neglected based on simplifying presumptions like determinism of organizational development. On the other hand, there is a growing evidence that factors stemming from particular life cycle stages alter organizational behavior and therefore should be considered in behavioral research on an organizational level.</p><p><strong>Originality/Value of paper:</strong> The paper represents up to date review of major theoretical models from the perspective of the current state of the field. Since the theory flourished in 70’s and 80’s it is inevitably limited in some aspects. The new review may spark renewed interest in implications stemming from the theory and enrich analytical tools of management scholars.</p>

Signaling Quality Across Different Stages of the Organizational Life Cycle

2014 ◽  
pp. 171-171
Author(s):  
Stefan Hattula ◽  
Maik Hammerschmidt ◽  
Hauke Wetzel ◽  
Hans H. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Life Cycle ◽  
Signaling Quality

scholarly journals Organization Life Cycle and the Inversive Relationship

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Севостьянов ◽  
D. Sevostyanov
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Life Cycle ◽  
Internal Contradiction ◽  
Organization Life Cycle ◽  
Organizational Principles

This article analyzes the manifestation of the inversive relationship in the life cycle of the organization. Inversion is an internal contradiction in the hierarchy between the position of the hierarchical element, and its role. The reason for inversions is the discrepancy between the orientation of the organizational principles of hierarchy. The development of inversive relations leads the organization toward completion of its life cycle. Analysis of the inversive relationship in the hierarchy allows the comparative assessment of different models of the organizational life cycle.

scholarly journals SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE CYCLE: CASE STUDY IN A PATRONAL UNION

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matias Trevisol ◽  
Fernando Fantoni Bencke ◽  
Luccas Santin Padilha ◽  
Darlan Jose Roman
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Situational Leadership ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Life Cycle ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Company Union

Studies involving the topics of organizational life cycle and situational leadership institutions in the third sector, as a union, was little explored in the literature. Moreover, recent changes in the Brazilian legislation brought new challenges to these organizations. This study seeks to fill these gaps, to analyze the role of leadership and organizational life cycle in a company union, linking theories against the employers' association. The metaphor of the organizations life cycle allows the analysis of organizations at different stages and, consequently, the role of leadership in the development of courses. The research was qualitative, used methods of case study and oral history, and descriptive and exploratory. Data collection used documental analysis, non-participant observation and in-depth interviews with seven leaders who experienced the historical trajectory of the institution. Among the main contributions of this study, it stands out as a theoretical contribution, the association of situational leadership theories and the organizational life cycle in a union representation institution, still little explored in the literature. Among the practical contributions highlight the situational leadership as alternative for sustainability for organizational cyclic life of a union, which now depend on its resources and internal management capabilities for their survival.

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