Decline in Organizations: A Literature Integration and Extension.

Weitzel, William; Jonsson, Ellen

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Publication Date: 1989

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Decline in Organizations: A Literature Integration and Extension.

Weitzel, William; Jonsson, Ellen

Administrative Science Quarterly, v34 n1 p91-109 Mar 1989

Reviews current organizational decline perspectives. Presents a conceptual framework that redefines organizational decline and outlines a decline model with five stages: blindness to change, inaction, faulty action, crisis, and dissolution. The model aims to improve understanding of basic threats to organizational survival. Includes 54 references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Models, Organization Size (Groups), Organizational Change

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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