Miami Dade College, Miami MAN 3025 Chapter 7: Managing Change and Disruptive Innovations 1)Which technique to reduce resistance to change involves bringing those individuals directly affected by the proposed change into the decision-making process?   Dionne just learned that her company will be announcing layoffs at the end of the month

Miami Dade College, Miami

MAN 3025

Chapter 7: Managing Change and Disruptive Innovations

1)Which technique to reduce resistance to change involves bringing those individuals directly affected by the proposed change into the decision-making process?

2. Dionne just learned that her company will be announcing layoffs at the end of the month. She is completely overwhelmed by the news because she doesn't know how she'll meet her financial obligations if she gets laid off. Dionne is experiencing   .

3. All of the following are characteristic of a skunk works group EXCEPT                    .

4. Which of the following would be considered an external force for change?

5. Which of the following is NOT an example of an external force for change?

6. Which of the following is true of creativity?

7. is/are pressures created by other employees.

8. Gannon Enterprises is in the midst of a major strategic change. To lessen resistance from some of the senior managers who are opposed to the change, the company has offered early retirements so that the managers can avoid having to experience the change effort. Which technique for reducing resistance to change does this best describe?

9. Caitlyn has always been a hard-driving, competitive person. She walks fast, talks fast, eats fast, and gets angry fast. Caitlyn would likely be described as exhibiting what type of personality?

10. Jamie is frustrated with the group project in her management class. Her team hasn't met to figure out who will do which portion of the project, and no timelines have been established. This situation best

illustrates                    .

11. Which of the following types of organizational change encompasses modifications in variables such as reporting relationships, coordination mechanisms, or job redesign?

12. The white-water rapid metaphor of organizational change would best be described as               .

13. Under which of the following circumstances would manipulation and co-optation be an appropriate technique for managing resistance to change?

14. Which metaphor about organizational change assumes that change consists of occasional disruptions that must be dealt with, but then things can continue under the new changed situation?

15. Which technique of reducing resistance to change involves helping employees see the logic of the change effort?