Editing Process theory (section)

==Process theory archetypes==
Process theories come in four common [[archetype]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Van De|first1=A. H.|last2=Poole|first2=M. S.|title=Explaining development and change in organizations|journal=Academy of Management Review|date=1995|volume=20|issue=3|pages=510–540|doi=10.5465/AMR.1995.9508080329|s2cid=14720122 }}</ref> Evolutionary process theories explain change in a population through variation, selection and retention—much like biological evolution. In a dialectic process theory, "stability and change are explained by reference to the balance of power between opposing entities" (p.&nbsp;517). In a teleological process theory, an agent "constructs an envisioned end state, takes action to reach it and monitors the progress" (p.&nbsp;518). In a lifecycle process theory, "the trajectory to the final end state is prefigured and requires a particular historical sequence of events" (p.&nbsp;515); that is, change always conforms to the same series of activities, stages, phases, like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly.