Which of the five stages of organizational decline is best described t

QUESTION

Which of the five stages of organizational decline is best described this way: “Here companies begin taking actions inconsistent with their basic values, or outstripping their resources, leading them to ignore their core business”?

A) denial of risk and peril
B) capitulation to irrelevance or death
C) undisciplined pursuit of more
D) grasping for salvation
E) hubris born of success

ANSWER

Answer: C
Explanation: C) Undisciplined pursuit of more: “Let’s apply our genius to areas beyond our core business” is described this way: Here companies begin overreaching, making undisciplined leaps into areas where they cannot be great, taking actions inconsistent with their basic values, or outstripping their resources, leading them to ignore their core business.