Complex change situations require that the change leader promote ongoing visioning among staff members. One strategy is to:
a. Consciously evaluate invisible mental models.
b. Allow for individual outcomes.
c. Encourage cooperative activities.
d. Operate between order and disorder.
A
Senge's theory on change suggests that each individual or organization bases activities on a set of assumptions, or a set of beliefs, or mental pictures about the way that the world should work. When these invisible models are uncovered and consciously evaluated, it is possible to determine their influences on work accomplishment.
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