Work Applications

1. Give an example of an innovation from an organization you work for or have worked for. Be sure to specify whether it was a product innovation or a process innovation.

LO: 6-1: Identify the forces, types, and forms for change.

2. Does an organization you work for or have worked for have any of the characteristics of innovative cultures? Overall, does the organization have a creative culture?

LO: 6-2: Contrast managing innovation during incremental and discontinuous change in terms of approach, goals, and strategy.

3. Give an example of a situation when you resisted a change. Be sure to specify which of the six reasons fueled your resistance to change.

LO: 6-3: List the reasons employees resist change and suggest ways of overcoming such resistance.

4. Give an example of one or more OD interventions used in an organization that you work for or have worked for.

LO: 6-4: Define organizational development in the context of the change models discussed.

5. Are you interested in being an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur? What business would you like to start?

LO: 6-5: Compare an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur.

Additional Work Application Questions (not in the book)

1. Give an example of a force that resulted in a change in an organization you work for or have worked for.

LO: 6-1: Identify the forces, types, and forms for change.

2. Give one or more examples of a type of change you experienced in an organization you work for or have worked for.

LO: 6-1: Identify the forces, types, and forms for change.

3. Does an organization you work for or have worked compete in a more incremental or discontinuous change environment?

LO: 6-1: Identify the forces, types, and forms for change.

4. Describe the intensity, source, and focus of the resistance to change you identified in Work Application 6-3.

LO: 6-3: List the reasons employees resist change and suggest ways of overcoming such resistance.