CALT Change Management & Organizational Transformation 2

Question 1

Which barrier to change is characterized by employees intellectually accepting the need for change but emotionally resisting it?

Accepted Answer

Cultural barrier

Answer

Cultural barriers arise when existing organizational values, norms, and ingrained behaviors conflict with the behaviors required by the change.

Question 2

In the context of change management, a 'transition' differs from 'change' in that transition refers to:

Accepted Answer

The internal psychological process people go through to adapt

Answer

William Bridges defined transition as the internal psychological reorientation people experience, which must be managed separately from the external change event.

Question 3

A change readiness assessment is BEST used to:

Accepted Answer

Measure the organization's capacity and willingness to absorb change

Answer

A change readiness assessment evaluates whether the organization has the culture, capacity, leadership alignment, and employee willingness to successfully implement a change.

Question 4

Which communication approach is MOST effective during the early stages of a large-scale organizational change?

Accepted Answer

Communicate frequently with honest, transparent messages even when information is incomplete

Answer

Frequent, transparent communication—even when answers are incomplete—reduces anxiety, builds trust, and prevents the rumor mill from filling information vacuums.

Question 5

The 'J-curve' model of change predicts that organizational performance will:

Accepted Answer

Drop initially before recovering and ultimately exceeding the original baseline

Answer

The J-curve shows that performance typically dips below baseline during disruption before rebounding higher as people learn and adapt to new ways of working.

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CALT Change Management & Organizational Transformation 2