In what stage of the organizational life cycle does a firm increase its hiring, create some division of labor, and begin setting rules?
A)Midlife
B)Maturity
C)Youth
D)Growth
E)Birth

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In the youth stage, the organization is in a prebureaucratic stage, a stage of growth and expansion.Now the company has a product that is making headway in the marketplace, people are being added to the payroll (most clerical rather than professional), and some division of labor and setting of rules are being instituted.

In What Stage of the Organizational Life Cycle Does a Firm