Session 11:

Organizational
Lifecycle
Prof Ankur Jain
ankur.jain@iimrohtak.ac.in
Learning Objective
• Understand organizational stages of growth
• Appreciate the challenges associated with respective stages
 What are the various
stages of life?

Characteristics & Challenges

Life stages

Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV

Play, Imitation, Self-Discovery, Dedication, Retirement,
Education Enterprise & Contemplation & Wisdom &
Birth – Infancy – Adventurousness Benevolence Renunciation
Childhood – Adolescence – Adulthood – Late Adulthood –
Adolescence Early Adulthood – Midlife – Mature Death
Need for Adulthood Adulthood Accept Mortality
autonomy Need to settle Stagnation, Need
down to contribute
Source: https://www.quora.com/How-is-a-man-s-last-stage-of-life-described
Do you think organizations
also undergo stages/phases
as they grow?
Difference between small and large organizations
Source: Greiner (1998), HBR. Evolution and Revolution as Organizations grow.
 Group Project
• Objective: Understand the structure,
practices and processes of a real-life
organization in detail
• Selection of Organization: Medium to large
• Groupwork: 5 members
• Fieldwork: Interviews, discussions with
organizational members
• Submission – Session 12
• 300 words
• Name of the Organization, Objective & Plan
of Action
Thank You