Which of the Following Statements About the Organizational Life Cycle

question 120

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the organizational life cycle is TRUE?

• A) Life cycle tends to be related to size.
• B) The final stage for an organization may be one of decline or stability.
• C) The organization design needed for various stages of an organization's life cycle will be different.
• D) Life cycle is a situational element that has been found to affect the appropriate organization design.
• E) All of these choices

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Definitions:

Fate Maps

Diagrams or maps that predict or trace the developmental fate of cells in embryos to show where they will end up and what they will become in the mature organism.

Morphogen Genes

Specific sequences of DNA that determine the relationship of structures during development; often expressed in a gradient across the embryo.

Cytoplasmic Segregation Routes

Cellular mechanisms involved in the distribution of cytoplasmic components between daughter cells during cell division.

Embryonic Signposts

Critical markers or events in the development of an embryo that guide the process of embryogenesis.