MGT 340 ch. 10

30 April 2023
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A product innovation is a change in the way a product or service is conceived, manufactured, or disseminated.
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false
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Adaptive change is the introduction of a practice that is new to the organization.
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false
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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.
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true
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Innovation happens in a "Eureka!" moment and it can be systematized.
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false
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When a company improves the packaging of its product, it is introducing a radically innovative change.
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false
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Core innovations refer to the invention of breakthrough products or services that don't exist yet and that are aimed at creating brand-new markets and customers.
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false
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OD intervention strategies that are successful in one country are highly likely to be successfully applied in other countries.
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false
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Organizational development managers and consultants follow a moving vehicle model.
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false
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The systems model of change consists of three parts: inputs, target elements of change, and outputs.
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true
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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.
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unfreezing
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Resistance to organizational change is considered to be the interaction of three causes: employee characteristics, change agent characteristics, and
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the change agent- employee relationship
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_____ is the intervention phase of the OD process.
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treatment
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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.
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innovative
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The organizational development (OD) process has three steps: ___________, accompanied by feedback.
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diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation
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To explain how to initiate, manage, and stabilize planned change, Kurt Lewin developed a model with three stages:
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unfreeze, change, and refreeze
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Which of the following is not a recommended way to manage innovation and change?
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prevent failure at all cost
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Which of the following is not a supertrend affecting the future of business?
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Managers are thinking in terms of mass markets—mass communication, mass behavior, and mass values.
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A __________ is a consultant with a background in behavioral sciences who can be a catalyst in helping organizations deal with old problems in new ways.
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change agent
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Employees resist change for all the following reasons except
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faith in change agent's intentions
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Which of the following is not a current trend in the contemporary world?
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spending on health and wellness is decreasing