Chapter 10 Quiz - Organizational Change And Innovation

Which of the following is not a supertrend affecting the future of business?

In the ______ stage of Kurt Lewin's change model, managers try to instill in employees the motivation to change, encouraging them to let go of behaviors that are resistant to innovation.

Employees resist change for all the following reasons except

When a grocery store chain adopts a new practice of its competitors by staying open 24 hours a day, requiring employees to work flexible schedules, it is implementing a(n) ______ change.

Organizational development managers and consultants follow a moving vehicle model.

When a company improves the packaging of its product, it is introducing a radically innovative change.

Which of the following is not a recommended way to manage innovation and change?

Adaptive change is the introduction of a practice that is new to the organization.

To explain how to initiate, manage, and stabilize planned change, Kurt Lewin developed a model with three stages:

Disruptive innovation is a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors.