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Organizations tend to go through recognizable stages in their life cycles. Each stage has its own characteristic power structure, attitudes and behavior patterns. A chart shows the evolutionary development. As an organization matures its power system becomes more diffused and less functional. It also becomes less objective and more self- serving. It reaches a peak in its services to society, then begins a decline. The process is influenced by the collective attitudes of society and there may be no way to control or change it.