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[Paragraph 6] Today, in the post-industrial age, most people agree that organisational life is becoming ever more uncertain, as the pace of change quickens and the future becomes less predictable. Writing in 1999, Nadler and Tushman, two US academics, said: 'Poised on the eve of the next century, we are witnessing a profound transformation in the very nature of our business organisations. Historic forces have converged to fundamentally reshape the scope, strategies, and structures of large enterprises.
Questions 1-6: Match each characteristic with the correct period, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter, A, B, C or D. You may use any letter MORE THAN ONCE.
List of the period:
A. The agricultural age
B. The industrial age
C. The neo-industrial age
D. The post-industrial age
1. The lower demand of farmers due to inventions
2. The influence from uncontrolled factors
