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An ambidextrous approach means incorporating structures and processes that are appropriate for both the creative impulse and the systematic implementation of innovations.

A) True
B) False

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According to Fast Company, in 2016, __________ was ranked as the World's Most Innovative Company.


A) BuzzFeed
B) Black Lives Matter
C) Amazon
D) Taco Bell
E) Uber

F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

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The OD intervention in which questionnaires on organizational climate and other factors are distributed among employees and the results reported back to them by a change agent is called __________.

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Summit Care Center has a long history of jumping on every trendy management and organizational bandwagon that comes along.Oddly, while executives often seem to benefit from these trends, frontline workers often find themselves "rightsized" out of their jobs or, if their positions are not eliminated, with a much heavier workload.Summit management has just informed employees that they are implementing another management change and they are met with considerable resistance.What is the most likely reason Summit employees are resistant to this particular change?


A) Lack of information
B) Self-interest
C) Lack of understanding 
D) Ambiguity
E) Competitors

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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A change agent is an organizational development specialist who performs a systematic diagnosis of the organization and identifies work-related problems.

A) True
B) False

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The traditional organizational development model focuses on a specific problem or group.

A) True
B) False

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The idea in the large-group intervention is to get a sample of people who may have an interest in the organization, gather perspectives from those parts of the system, and allow the sample to create a collective future.

A) True
B) False

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A(n) __________ is an organizational program that provides a safe harbor where employees can generate and develop ideas without interference from company bureaucracy or politics.

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Describe the use of the Six Thinking Hats technique.

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The Six Hats are as follows:
White Hat: ...

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Successful change requires that organizations be capable of both creating and implementing ideas, which means the organization must learn to be ______.


A) cordial
B) rightsized
C) ambidextrous
D) compliant
E) intra-focused

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Three types of issues that are often addressed through organizational development are mergers/acquisitions, organizational decline/revitalization, and conflict management.

A) True
B) False

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Two possible tactics for overcoming resistance to change are coercion and negotiation.

A) True
B) False

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When it comes to dealing with employee resistance, managers should ______.


A) ignore it and do what needs to be done
B) explain once to employees why they are wrong and then implement the change
C) recognize that if employees don't want to change, the change should probably be abandoned
D) call employees in one by one and tell them to change or leave
E) recognize that the resistance is often legitimate from the employees' point of view

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Survey feedback is intended to enhance the cohesiveness and success of organizational groups and teams.

A) True
B) False

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Creative organizations _______.


A) have an unusually high number of routine jobs
B) are loosely structured
C) have little ambiguity
D) have too many layers of management
E) use a centralized decision-making approach

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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List the four reasons why employees tend to resist change.

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1.Self-interest
2.Lack of u...

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What are new venture teams, and how are they used?

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New-venture teams are units separate fro...

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Team building is to _____ as large-group interventions are to _____.


A) identifying problems; solving problems
B) creating a vision; creating a mission
C) enhanced cohesiveness; creating a collective future
D) changing the culture; changing people
E) enhancing group success; developing problem solutions

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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New-venture teams facilitate entrepreneurship within organizations.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following provides a safe harbor where ideas from employees throughout the company can be developed without interference from company bureaucracy or politics?


A) A boiler room
B) A sponsor
C) A new-venture team
D) An idea incubator
E) An inventor

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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