Factors Affecting Corporate Performance and Lifecycles Hershey Corporate Lifecycle |
Daniel Hershey, Ph.D.
Basal-Tech, Inc.
The Hershey Foundation for the Study of Aging Systems
Daniel Hershey is the President of Basal-Tech, Inc.,
President of the Hershey Foundation for the Study of Aging Systems, and
Professor of Chemical Engineering and a Fellow of the
Dr. Hershey studies the factors which affect the health of a corporation, such as overlapping activities, its structure (table of organization), power distribution, and information flow : factors affecting the corporation’s efficiency, lifecycles, and longevity.
Books he has written in this area include “Hershey Corporate Lifecycles”, ”Designing an Optimal Corporate Structure”, “Diagnosing an Organizational Bureaucracy, Volumes I and II”, “Establishing the Age of a Corporation”, and “Hershey Corporate Lifecycle Assessment”.
Other books Dr. Hershey has written in his study of human aging include “A New Age- Scale for Humans”, ”Lifespan and Factors Affecting It”, ”Must We Grow Old”, and “Lifespan Potential, Longevity, Obesity, and Fitness in Aging Humans”.
He has also written these books : ”The Universe and
Beyond”; ”Entropy, Infinity, and God”; and “
For more details, visit his web site,<www.basaltech.com>,or contact him by e-mail,<Daniel.Hershey@uc.edu>,or <Daniel@basaltech.com>.
Hershey Corporate Lifecycles |
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| Scale | Scale | |
| 1.00 | 6.00 | |
| 1.00 | Death | 6.00 |
| Moribund | ||
| 0.90 | 5.40 | |
| 0.90 | 5.40 | |
| Old-Bureaucratic | ||
| 0.70 | 4.20 | |
| 0.70 | 4.20 | |
| Mature-Stable | ||
| 0.50 | 3.00 | |
| 0.50 | 3.00 | |
| Prime | ||
| 0.30 | 1.80 | |
| 0.30 | 1.80 | |
| Youthful | ||
| 0.00 | Birth | 0.00 |
Are you satisfied with the major activities assigned to each unit?
Would you like to change the boss and reporting relationships?
Is the structure (table of organization) built on logic or did it just evolve?
Should you rethink how your resources (budgets) are distributed?
Who has the power in your organization?
How is the power distributed?
Can you say the information flow is efficient and effective?
Do some units bypass their bosses regularly in getting things done?
Would you describe your organizations as youthful, in its prime, mature-stable, old-bureaucratic, or moribund?
The Hershey Corporate Lifecycle Assessment can answer these questions, and suggest changes to help maintain your organization in its prime or youthful condition or to restore it to its prime or youthful state.
Developed by
Daniel Hershey, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering,
President, The Hershey Foundation for Aging Systems
President, Basal-Tech
E-Mail: Daniel.Hershey@uc.edu , or Daniel@basaltech.com
Web Site: www.basaltech.com
Complete the Adizes Lifecycle Assessment Survey,
Do the Hershey Corporate Lifecycle Assessment using the
Questionnaire in 2. Label this
“Perception.”
Do the Hershey Corporate Lifecycle Assessment, now using
the two theories on how the fill the shells in the organization. (This will
be labeled “Methods I and II”)
Analyze the Hershey Corporate Lifecycle Assessment results, comparing the Adizes Lifecycle Assessment Survey with the Hershey Corporate Lifecycle Assessment.
Email the following information to Dr. Daniel Hershey to begin the analysis.
Interview each major unit in the organization to obtain the following information:
Organization’s name:
Your unit’s name:
Your unit reports to which unit (your “boss”):
Units which report to your unit:
Percent of the entire organizational budget which your
unit controls:
Major activities:
Name and title of the person leading this unit:
Address:
Phone/Fax/Email:
Name of the person conducting the interview:
Date:
Phone/Fax/Email:
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Dr. Daniel Hershey
If you wish us to analyze your organization,
please contact Dr. Daniel Hershey