BUSAD 141 - Introduction to Management » Spring 2020 » Chapter 10 Quiz

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Question #1
2. When a company improves the packaging of its product, it is introducing a radically innovative change.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
3. OD intervention strategies that are successful in one country are highly likely to be successfully applied in other countries.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
4. Kylie has been practicing repeating phrases such as, “I know I don’t wear the latest fashions, but I am comfortable. Surely others feel like I do.” Her boss has also told her to consider meditation as it can help her practice these….
A.   change agent characteristics.
B.   innovations.
C.   rationalizations.
D.   Self affirmation
E.   adaptive changes.
Question #4
5. Which of the following is NOT a supertrend affecting the future of business?
A.   Cloud computing is doing away with brick and mortar offices
B.   More people are moving from rural to urban areas
C.   Managers are thinking in terms of mass markets—mass communication, mass behavior, and mass values.
Question #5
6. Disruptive innovation is a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
7. A product innovation is a change in the way a product or service is conceived, manufactured, or disseminated.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
8. Which of the following is NOT a current trend in the contemporary world?
A.   Women are a dominant force in a global workforce
B.   spending on health and wellness is decreasing
C.   Cloud computing is doing away with brick and mortar offices
D.   More people are moving from rural to urban areas
Question #8
9. Employees resist change for all the following reasons EXCEPT
A.   faith in change agent's intentions
Question #9
10. Improvement innovations refer to the invention of breakthrough products or services that don’t exist yet and that are aimed at creating brand-new markets and customers.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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