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The growth phases model of Greiner suggests that organizations go through 5 (6) stages of growth and need appropriate strategies and structures to cope. It is a descriptive framework that can be used to understand why certain management styles, organizational structures and coordination mechanisms work and don't work at certain phases in the development of an organization. The 1972 model of Greiner describes five (six) phases of organizational development and growth: