Even the most well-intentioned companies pass through stages of organizational development, including periods of chaos. As long as that chaos does not immobilize the company, it can form the basis or ...

In 1965, psychology professor Bruce Tuckman developed his theory of the stages of group development. He remarked about how a group dynamic, whether that group is a business organization, non-profit ...

An excellent book, based on extensive research that describes the stages that once-successful organizations go through before they eventually collapse, is Jim Collins’ How the Mighty Fail. The author ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...