$2-4$: Lifecycles Overview

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Purpose

This assignment is intended to help you learn to demonstrate the practical use of organizational lifecycles.

Action Items

Read the article Organizational Lifecycle Models: A Design PerspectiveLinks to an external site..

View the short video A Company Lifecycle Model$-$Practical ExampleLinks to an external site..

On the basis of the reading and the video, design a simple graphic lifecycle model that you could use in diagnosing an organization$$s lifecycle stage.

Prepare a $1-2$ page paper that responds to the following questions:

Which of the models described in the article most appealed to you? Why?

What influenced you to choose the particular elements for your model?

Using your own model, what lifecycle stage does your organization appear to be in$?$ What things seem to indicate this to you?

How might a knowledge of organizational lifecycles be useful to a Business Psychologist?