dynamics of alignment follow more of a mechanistic view, where a strategy is looked upon as a rational plan. External environment, organizational structure, and the firm's resource attributes are the key determinants. According to Van de Van and Poole, a typical progression of change events in a lifecycle Model follows a sequence of stages, which is cumulative (characteristics acquired in earlier stages are retained in later stages) and conjunctive (the stages are related such that they derive from a Common underlying process). Various multi-stage hypothesis models (e.g., ) have also been proposed based on this paradigm.