ABSTRACT
Those who study the life and death of organizations claim that, in many respects, an organization is like a person. It has a life cycle involving birth, life, and death. During its living years, an organization grows and thrives as well as develops a unique identity and culture. The death of an organization is commonly brought about by old age, a terminal illness, or perhaps by an unfortunate accident. Whether or not an organization was the victim of homicide is a question that, for most organizational deaths, remains unanswered. New organizations, with new leadership, emerge quickly to replace the operations and memories of those that have died. The union-initiated delay and other problems caused by departmental politics resulted in the author’s inability to perform a full examination of the study data until the end of April 1992. The law of evidence outlines several requirements that must be met by those documenting and providing the declaration.
