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All of the following are characteristics of creative organizations EXCEPT_____. -
ANSWER centralization
_____ refers to innovations in products, services, or processes that radically change
an industry's rules of the game for producers and consumers. - ANSWER Disruptive
innovation
Which of the following is an OD intervention technique in which questionnaires on
organizational climate and other factors are distributed among employees and the
results reported back to them by a change agent? - ANSWER Survey feedback
activities
Beth's Barnyard, Inc. has decided to restructure the entire organization. You hold a
meeting with your employees to notify them of the change. You do not give them any
detailed information. Which of the barriers to change would you expect your
employees to exhibit? - ANSWER Uncertainty about the future
Which of the following refers to a major shift in the norms, values, attitudes, and
mindset of the entire organization? - ANSWER Culture change
You are the production manager for Connor's Construction, Inc. You decide to
change the production procedure to increase efficiency. One of your long-time
foremen is resisting the change, insisting that the idea won't work. Which of the
following obstacle is he exhibiting? - ANSWER Different assessment and goals
Which of the following is the intervention stage of organization development in which
individuals experiment with new workplace behavior? - ANSWER Changing
The adoption of a new idea or behavior by an organization is known as
organizational _____. - ANSWER change.
The _____ is a unit separate from the rest of the organization responsible for the
development of a major innovation. - ANSWER new-venture team
For the compact disc industry, the advent of MP3 technology can best be described
as what type of innovation? - ANSWER Disruptive innovation
Organizational development specialists identify three distinct steps for achieving
behavioral and attitudinal changes. These are - ANSWER unfreezing, changing, and
refreezing.
John has tremendous technical skills and frequently comes up with valuable ideas.
However, he has clueless about how to promote it within the organization. John is a
good example of a(n)_____ . - ANSWER inventor
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_____ change is a change in the organization's product or service outputs. -
ANSWER Product
Jurgen is one of several middle managers sent to a training course on leadership
skills. Through this effort, the organization is attempting: - ANSWER people change
After every quarterly board meeting, Bernice's Bracelets, Inc. announces big
changes. They usually do not follow through on these changes. What is causing this
lack of enthusiasm? - ANSWER A lack of trust
The generation of novel ideas that may meet perceived needs or respond to
opportunities for the organization is called _____. - ANSWER creativity
Which of the following refers to the generation of novel solutions to perceived
problems? - ANSWER Creativity
All of the following are characteristics of creative individuals EXCEPT _____. -
ANSWER rationality
The innovation strategy for changing products and technologies that involves
designing the organization to encourage creativity and the initiation of new ideas is
known as _____. - ANSWER exploration
What is force field analysis? - ANSWER The process of determining which forces
drive and which resist a proposed change
_____ is the lack of information about future events. - ANSWER Uncertainty
Communication and education tactic to change implementation should be used
when: - ANSWER change is technical.
Innovation requires the coordination that occurs with the _____ . - ANSWER time-
based approach
"An example of an organizational would be:the switch to a new production method.
the decision to offer a new product line. the introductions of a new pay for
performance system. the switch to a new production method or the decision to offer
a new product line. - ANSWER
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