That the process of organisational evolution and growth may not follow a defined path and may possibly be cyclical and repetitive is characteristic of:
A) Taylor's scientific management theory.
B) Weber's theory of bureaucracy.
C) Fayol's administrative theory.
D) Greiner's stage theory.

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According to this theory, the various stages of an organisation's growth lead to particular types of crises for which it needs different styles and structures. The stages Greiner identified were: growth through creativity, leading to crisis of leadership; growth through direction, leading to crisis of autonomy; growth through delegation, leading to crisis of control; and growth through coordination, leading to crisis of 'red tape'. A fifth stage (growth through collaboration), for which Greiner left the crisis open to be identified and defined by future researchers and practitioners, is specified by the present author to be a crisis of ownership. The reason for a crisis of ownership is that collaboration might necessitate the relinquishing of some control by the owners, who would then want to regain it.

That the Process of Organisational Evolution and Growth May Not