Exam 2: Images of Change Management

Which of the following images is most likely associated with the image of a manager being able to control change?

By stressing the importance of values such as humanism, democracy, and individual development, the organization development (OD) theory reinforces the image of a change manager as _____.

Power-coercive strategies of change assume that changes occur when people abandon their old orientations and commit to new ones.

According to population ecology theory, organizational variation occurs as the result of random chance.

There has been less attention paid to the images of intended change outcomes in commentary on change management than to unintended change outcomes.

Which of the following argues that organizational change is nonlinear, is fundamental rather than incremental, and does not necessarily entail growth?

Which of the following images of change outcomes recognizes that managers often have great difficulty in achieving the change outcomes that were intended?

_____ focuses on how the environment selects organizations for survival or extinction, drawing on biology and neo-Darwinism.

Which of the following is NOT one of the images of change outcomes discussed in the text?

In _____, change is regarded as cyclical, processional, journey-oriented, based on maintaining equilibrium, observed and followed by those who are involved, and normal rather than exceptional.

In the _____ image, the assumption is that change managers can intentionally shape an organization's capabilities in particular ways.

According to John Kotter, which of the following statements is True of change in organizations?

Maturity is the final stage of the natural development cycle of an organization according to life-cycle theory.

Population ecology theory draws on biology and neo-Darwinism.

The caretaker and nurturer images are more frequently discussed in relation to change management and are more widely accepted in domains of organization theory where there is more practice orientation.

_____ strategies assume that people pursue their own self-interest.

A change manager as _____ has the task of creating meaning for others, helping them to make sense of events and developments that, in themselves, constitute a changed organization.

In general, the implication of population ecology theory is that managers have little sway over change where whole populations of organizations are affected by external forces.

In _____ change outcomes, it is assumed that some, but not all, change intentions are achievable.

The external forces that can push change in unplanned directions include all of the following EXCEPT: