Exam 7: Innovation and Change: Part A

The research on technology cycles and technological innovation applies only to high-tech products developed in the bioengineering, robotics, and computer industries.

Which of the following is one of the three steps in the basic process of managing organizational change outlined by Kurt Lewin?

Organizational innovation is defined as doing things differently in an organization.

Patterns of innovation over time that can create sustainable competitive advantage are called:

The General Electric workout is a special kind of:

Resistance to change results from organizational factors, such as the absence of promotion guidelines, bonuses, and praise.

Organizational decline is typically reversible at any of its five stages.

Which of the following approaches is aimed at changing large systems, small groups, or individuals?

__________ is the knowledge, tools, and techniques used to transform inputs into outputs.

According to John Kotter's analysis of the errors managers make when leading change, the first and potentially most serious of these errors is:

A technology __________ begins with the "birth" of a new technology and ends when that technology reaches its limits and "dies" as it is replaced by a newer, substantially better technology.

The __________ approach to managing innovation assumes that innovation is a predictable process made up of a series of steps and that compressing the time it takes to complete those steps can speed up innovation.