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6. Which stage involves the development of team work?

  • Elaboration Stage
  • Formalisation Stage
  • Entrepreneurial Stage
  • Collectivity Stage

7. Which stage starts with creativity and requires leadership

  • Entrepreneurial Stage
  • Elaboration Stage
  • Collectivity Stage
  • Formalisation Stage

8. What MUST a leader be aware of during the Elaboration stage?

  • Product quality
  • Quality control systems
  • Signs of decline
  • The stock market

9. Which leadership style is best for the Entrepreneurial phase?

  • Bureaucratic - to ensure the company follows a clear structure
  • Autocratic or Transactional - to make decisions quickly
  • Lesaiz faire - to let the company evolve naturally
  • Democratic - to get the support of all the workers

10. Integral part of the adaptation process of organisations

  • Smith, 1995
  • Denison & Mishra, 1995
  • Barter, 2008
  • Jones, 2003

11. What crisis often occurs in the Elaboration stage?

  • Need for revitalisation
  • Lack of leadership
  • Lack of control
  • Need for internal systems

12. Revitalisation & Leadership reference

  • Slatter, Lovett, Barlow, 2006
  • Green, 2005
  • Thompson, 2012
  • Daily, 2009

13. Which stage involves the addition of internal systems?

  • Collectivity Stage
  • Elaboration Stage
  • Formalisation Stage
  • Entrepreneurial Stage

14. Which stage starts with clear direction and requires controlled delegation?

  • Formalisation Stage
  • Collectivity Stage
  • Entrepreneurial Stage
  • Elaboration Stage

15. Reference for the Organisational Life-cycle graph?

  • Northouse (2010)
  • Office of National Statistics (2002)
  • West Publishing Company (1992) & Daft, Murphy &Wilmott, 2010
  • Torkildsen (2004)