Theories and models in business studies

1. Which best describes Grenier's model of growth?

Identifies 4 different types of why people resist change.
Highlights the challenges that typically occur in managing businesses as an organisation gets older and bigger. It shows typical crisis points in the development of a business.
This model examines the different approaches to managing businesses that operate in several countries.
Highlights that at any moment there are forces for and against change. Model identifies how that might be bought about.

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Highlights the strategic decisions of managers in terms of the scope of the business' activities and the positioning within the market.
Outlines the different possible aspects of social responsibility for a business.
Outlines different strategies in terms of the perceived benefits (added value) and price. It highlights different combinations of benefits and price that are competitive and those that are not.
Highlights the challenges that typically occur in managing businesses as an organisation gets older and bigger. It shows typical crisis points in the development of a business.

Highlights the challenges that typically occur in managing businesses as an organisation gets older and bigger. It shows typical crisis points in the development of a business.
Highlights that at any moment there are forces for and against change. Model identifies how that might be bought about.
Outlines different strategies in terms of the perceived benefits (added value) and price. It highlights different combinations of benefits and price that are competitive and those that are not.
This model examines the different approaches to managing businesses that operate in several countries.

Outlined 4 different types of culture: power, role, task and person.
Identifies different forms of national culture.
Occurs when the strategy pursued by a business no longer fits with the environment around it. What may have been appropriate at one point is no longer suitable as conditions have changed.
Outlines different strategies in terms of the perceived benefits (added value) and price. It highlights different combinations of benefits and price that are competitive and those that are not.

This model examines the different approaches to managing businesses that operate in several countries.
Highlights the challenges that typically occur in managing businesses as an organisation gets older and bigger. It shows typical crisis points in the development of a business.
Highlights the strategic decisions of managers in terms of the scope of the business' activities and the positioning within the market.
Outlines different strategies in terms of the perceived benefits (added value) and price. It highlights different combinations of benefits and price that are competitive and those that are not.