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Question1)Which of the following best defines an incremental change?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 2

 

?Organizational development takes a short-range approach to change.

 

Question 3

 

?The compression approach of innovation management is used in:

  

 

Question 4

 

?Which of the following is a difference between experiential approach to innovation and compression approach to innovation?

 

Question 5

 

?Which of the following is true of the S-curve pattern of innovation of a product?

 

Question 6

 

?Which of the following best defines results-driven change?

 

Question 7

 

?Which of the following is an error that managers make during the unfreezing stage?

  

 

Question 8

 

?The General Electric workout is a special kind of results-driven change.

 

 

Question 9

 

?_____ is the process used to get workers and managers to change their behaviors and work practices.

 

Question 10

 

?Which of the following statements is true of experiential approach to innovation?

 

Question 11

 

?The compression approach to innovation is an approach to innovation that assumes a highly uncertain environment and uses intuition, flexible options, and hands-on experience to reduce uncertainty and accelerate learning and understanding.

 

Question 12

 

?_____ is a new technological design or process that becomes the accepted market standard.

 

Question 13

 

?Technological substitution occurs when:

 

 

Question 14

 

?Which of the following best defines the General Electric workout?

 

Question 15

 

?In an organization, organizational encouragement of creativity occurs when:

 

Question 16

 

?In the context of organizational development, the purpose of person-focused interventions is to:

                                                                                                                                                                                

Correct. Person-focused intervention is intended to increase interpersonal effectiveness by helping people to become aware of their attitudes and behaviors and to acquire new skills and knowledge. It is an intervention designed so that a formal helper listens to managers or employees and advises them on how to deal with work or interpersonal problems. See 7-4: Managing Change

 

Question 17

 

?_____ is a change based on incremental improvements to a dominant technological design such that the improved technology is fully backward compatible with the older technology.

 

Question 18

 

?KelHouse Corp. specializes in mobile computing devices. It has developed a working model of a cell phone charger that can charge the battery of a cell phone in less than 15 minutes. This model is being tested for design, function, and reliability. In the context of the experiential approach to innovation, the working model is a(n) _____.

 

Question 19

 

?More companies are likely to go out of business during economic recession or slowdown than in a time of discontinuous change and changing standards.

 

 

Question 20

 

?In the context of organizational development, the purpose of small-group interventions is to:

 

Question 21

 

?Which of the following is an error that managers make in the change phase?

 

Question 22

 

?In the context of organizational development, the purpose of large-system interventions is to:

 

Question 23

 

?Which of the following statements is true of technological lockout?

 

Question 24

 

?Over the years, flat screen television sets have been replaced by LED television sets. LED television sets are the new market standard. This is an example of a dominant design.

 

Question 25

 

?Bankruptcy or dissolution is likely to occur in the crisis stage unless a company completely reorganizes the way it does business.

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