Chapter 6

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Musteen, M., Barker III, V. L., and Baeten, V. L. (2010). The Influence of CEO Tenure and Attitude Toward Change on Organizational Approaches to Innovation. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 46 (3): 360-387.

1. Why is innovation is viewed as a key to maintaining competitiveness and essential to firm growth and survival?
2. What are the dependent and independent variables in this study?
3. Is it true that managerial education level have been shown to be positively associated with receptivity to innovation and strategic change? Explain.

Woodman, R. W. (1989). Organizational Change and Development: New Arenas for Inquiry and Action.  Journal of Management, 15 (2): 205-228.

1. Why are organizational development a field of social and managerial action and a field of scientific inquiry?
2. Are strategy and organizational development linked together?
3. What are the five defining characteristics of a high performance high commitment system?