Abstract
M.Com. (Enterprise Management)
In quest of being the best coal mine complex in the world,
Secunda Collieries has to enter a second growth phase. Amidst
an ever changing environment the development of organizational
structure, human resources and organizational culture play a
important role in the consistent success of a company. Without
the ability to evaluate the performances of this environment and
the ability to adapt, no organization can thrive.
Organizations tend to go through stages of organizational growth,
with each stage progressing from a period of relative calm to a
management crisis. How well the organization anticipates and
deals with the crisis determines whether it leads to organizational
decline or opportunities for renewal and future growth.
The characteristics of the four-stage life-cycle model show how
an organization can evolve from an informal, one-person show, in
the entrepreneurial stage, to a bureaucratic teamwork emphasis
in the decline stage. By applying the life-cycle metaphor to
organizations, we are saying that there are distinct stages
through which organizations proceed, that the stages follow a
consistent pattern, and that the transitions from one stage to
another are predictable rather than random occurrences. The
placing of organizations, however, within these life-cycle
stages, is independent of chronological age.
The growth of the Sasol Coal division has been influenced by the
growth of the Sasol group. Since its founding in the 1950's as
a single division, the Sasol group has grown to twelve divisions.
The coal division has grown from a single mine to the world's
biggest underground mining complex...