Download or read book Crisis & Renewal written by David K. Hurst and published by Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crisis & Renewal presents a radically different view of how organizations evolve & renew themselves. The author tracks a cross-section of enterprises from their creative beginnings through the institutionalization of their success. Using a model of organizational ecocycles, he argues that managers need to create deliberate crises to preserve their organizations from destruction & to renew them with creativity & meaning. The Management of Innovation & Change Series. "Crisis & Renewal is designed to be a revelation, not a textbook. I recommend you revel in it as soon as you can.".