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With reference to an organization that you know, Explain the organization life cycle and its characteristics in each stage. You may use a graph to help you illustrate your answer

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This solution provided a real life example of an organization, and where they are at currently in the life cycle as well as what could occur in the future.

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Lord's Electric Company has gone through many stages through the years. As one may know, they consist of introduction, growth, decline, renewal, ...

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