Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Adaptive change involves introducing a practice that is new to an industry.
2. Innovative change is the introduction of a practice that is new to the organization.
3. The most complex, costly, and uncertain kind of change is known as radically innovative change.
4. Changes in power structures that occur with administrative and technological changes are generally embraced by employees because of the new opportunities they present.

Answer 1

1. FALSE
Adaptive change is reintroduction of a familiar practice, the implementation of a kind of change that has already been experienced within the same organization. Radically innovative change involves introducing a practice that is new to the industry.
2. TRUE
Innovative change is the introduction of a practice that is new to the organization.
3. TRUE
Radically innovative change involves introducing a practice that is new to the industry. Because it is the most complex, costly, and uncertain, it will be felt as extremely threatening to managers' confidence and employees' job security and may well tear at the fabric of the organization.
4. FALSE
Administrative and technological changes that threaten to alter power bases or eliminate jobs, as often happens during corporate restructurings that threaten middle-management jobs, generally trigger strong resistance.