ODB Chapter 11

A sequence of stages of growth and development through which organizations may pass consist of:

• Organizational birth

• Organizational growth

• Organizational decline

• Organizational death

A theory that seeks to explain the factors that affect the rate at which new organizationsare born (and die) in a population of existing organizations.

• Environmental niches

• Population density

• Population ecology theory

• Population of organizations

The dangers associated with being the first in a new environment.

• Population density

• Liability of newness

• First-mover advantages

• Population of organizations

Survival strategies combine

• early/late entry into environment

• r-strategy with generalist strategy

• operating in one/several niches

• K-strategy with specialist strategy

Which concept below is related to the Institutional theory

• organizations develop skills that increase their legitimacy to stakeholders

• organizations develop skills and competences that increase their operational efficiency

• environment that govern the behavior of a population of organizations

• organizations adopt many of the rules and codes of conduct found in the institutional environment surrounding

Organizations come to resemble one another over time because they indirectly adopt the norms and values of other organizations in the environment.

• Mimetic isomorphism

• Coercive isomorphism

• Normative isomorphism

Organizations intentionally imitate and copy one another to increase their legitimacy.

• Mimetic isomorphism

• Coercive isomorphism

• Normative isomorphism

Organization adopts certain kinds of values and norms because it is pressured to by other organizations or by society in general.

• Mimetic isomorphism

• Coercive isomorphism

• Normative isomorphism

Below are the assumption of Greiner’s Model, EXCEPT

• managers have the ability to identify and solve organizational crises

• managers have the ability to restore company profitability if its performance begins to fall

• managers can measure how well a company is making use of resources relative to its competitors.

This is NOT the cause of organizational inertia

• • Risk aversion.

• • The desire to maximize rewards

• Manager's competencies and capabilities

• • Overly bureaucratic culture