The final crisis identified by Greiner is one of red tape. This occurs when the procedures and systems
introduced in earlier phases of growth start to become obstacles to its continuation. By this time
the organisation will be very large, and is likely to be operating on a divisional basis, with some
important functions and activities provided by a central headquarters. The tension between divisions
and headquarters may eventually result in a mutual lack of trust and harmful political internal conflicts.
Ways have to be found to encourage collaboration and trust to overcome this crisis if the organisation
is to proceed to phase 5, the final one in the model: in reality there may be other phases after this but
they will only be relevant to the very largest organisations operating on a global scale.