01087pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001800040245011400058260000900172300001200181362001200193520063100205650001300836650001800849700002400867773003800891180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aClayton, Ross  aThe analogy of organisational ageing: a heuristic tool for managers in addressing organisational productivity  c1999  ap.31-35  aApr-Jun  aThe utility of biological analogies such as "organisational ageing" rests with our understanding of these biological phenomena and the insight which can be derived from that understanding when these analogies are applied to behaviour of social systems. This paper is intended to heighten the reader's awareness of biological analogies as heuristic aids to managers by explicit illustration of the negative and positive consequences of organisational ageing and to suggest strategies for counterbalancing the negative forces operating in ageing organisations as one strives to increase organisational productivity. - Reproduced  aManagers  aOrganizations  aJadoon, Zafar Iqbal  aSouth Asian Journal of Management