Observers of history take pains to point out that crisis is the creator of many changes. The same is true in organizations where the advent of a crisis frequently creates conditions which lead to change. It is how organizations react to certain crises, in particular planning crises, that is of interest in this article. A descriptive model is presented of four phases through which formal planning systems tend to evolve, each stage being precipitated by a particular kind of organizational crisis.
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