Organizational Life Cycles – The View From Coos Bay Jon A. Souder Executive Director Coos Watershed Association Charleston, OR, U.S.A. (www.cooswatershed.org)

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Organizational Life Cycles – The View From Coos Bay Jon A. Souder Executive Director Coos Watershed Association Charleston, OR, U.S.A. (

Life Cycles We Know! Characteristics: Beginning & Ending Distinct Phases Different Needs At Each Phase Changing Threats Over Time No Certainty About Continuing Over Time

Organizations Are Similar! Formation Expansion Stabilization Crises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Cycle ≈ 10 Years

Formation Expansion StabilizationCrises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Characteristics: Meets Identified Need Entrepreneurial & Creative Searching For Resources

Formation Expansion StabilizationCrises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Characteristics: Rapid Growth Innovation & Expansion High Staff Commitment Informal Structure

Formation Expansion Stabilization Crises & Decline Renewal or Dissolution Characteristics: Formal Rules & Controls Efficiency & Stability Planning Emphasized Performance Measures

Formation Expansion Stabilization Crises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Characteristics: Staff Burnout & Turnover Entrenched Programs Performance Declines Loss of Support

Formation Expansion StabilizationCrises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Characteristics: Adapt Or Die! Search For New Programs Reflect On Purpose Spinoff Organizations

Paths Not Always Sequential! Formation Expansion Stabilization Crises & Decline Renew or Dissolve

Paths Not Always Sequential! Formation Expansion Stabilization Crises & Decline Renew or Dissolve

Stories From The Coos Formation Expansion Stabilization Crises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Cycle ≈ 10 Years Institution ≈ 50 Years

Formation Expansion StabilizationCrises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Stories: Experience of spotted owl Potential coho listing “Statement of Shared Values” (took 2 years)

Formation Expansion StabilizationCrises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Stories: 1996 Storm Response Jobs-in-Woods; Hire-the- Fishermen Work Crews $1.2MM Coastal Wetlands

Formation Expansion Stabilization Crises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Stories:

Formation Expansion Stabilization Crises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Stories: Required to Payback Outstanding Advances Unresponsive Accounting Conflicts With County

Formation Expansion StabilizationCrises & Decline Renewal or Dissolution Characteristics: Organizational Audit Strategic Framework Plan Changed Bookkeeping (or) Board Development

Formation Expansion StabilizationCrises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Characteristics: Model Watershed Program Higher Order Restoration Focus on Science Partnerships

Formation Expansion StabilizationCrises & Decline Renew or Dissolve Stories: Expand Internships Youth Programs with H.S. Community Sustainability Regional Planning 2010 – 2012

Take Home Messages 1.Organizations go through cycles 2.Success is not a linear path 3.Threats & challenges change over time 4.Different strengths are needed to respond to these changes 5.Understanding cycles allows you do develop strategies to respond

Acknowledgements Based On: “The Human Dimensions of Stream Restoration Working with Diverse Partners to Develop and Implement Restoration” chapter in Stream Restoration: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Implementation and Evaluation edited by Roni, Beechie, & Hanson to be published by Blackwell in Literature Foundation: Quinn, R.E. & Cameron, K. (1983). “Organizational life cycles and shifting criteria of effectiveness: some preliminary evidence.” Management Science 29(1): Downs, A. (1967). Inside Bureaucracy (Boston: Little, Brown & Co.). Organizational Training: Guadalupe Guajardo and Cliff Jones, Non-profit Association of Oregon Ford Institute Leadership Program, Ford Family Foundation