Many of the top software engineers in an organization left the company because they felt lost in the growing organizational bureaucracy and became frustrated with their lack of autonomy. According to Greiner's model of organizational growth and based on the given information, the company is most likely to be in the "growth through ________" stage of organizational growth.

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Greiner's model suggests that organizations go through phases of growth and crisis. The scenario described fits the "Crisis of Autonomy," which occurs in the "Growth through Direction" phase. In this phase, the organization has grown large enough that the informal, entrepreneurial management style no longer works, leading to increased bureaucracy and decreased autonomy for skilled professionals.

Many of the Top Software Engineers in an Organization Left