Change Management & Adaptation Flashcards
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A change manager discovers that the employees most resistant to a new CRM system are the top-performing salespeople. The BEST response is:
Answer: Engage them as early advisors to shape the implementation and leverage their credibility
High performers who resist often have legitimate insights; engaging them as advisors converts them into influential advocates and improves the change design.
Which type of change is characterized by fundamental shifts in organizational mission, structure, and culture rather than incremental improvements?
Answer: Transformational change
Transformational change involves deep, systemic shifts to strategy, culture, and identity—it cannot be managed through incremental methods alone.
When communicating change, the principle of 'WIIFM' directs communicators to:
Answer: Address what each stakeholder group personally gains or loses from the change
WIIFM ('What's In It For Me') reminds communicators that audience-centered messaging—addressing personal impact—drives engagement far more than organizational rationale.
An organization consistently fails to sustain changes because new behaviors are never tied to performance evaluations. This is a failure of:
Answer: HR systems alignment with change objectives
Performance management systems must reinforce new behaviors; without this alignment, employees rationally revert to rewarded old behaviors.
A change manager applies the McKinsey 7-S Framework during a merger. Which TWO elements are considered 'hard' elements?
Answer: Strategy and structure
The McKinsey 7-S model classifies Strategy, Structure, and Systems as hard elements—tangible and directly manageable—while the remaining four (Style, Staff, Skills, Shared Values) are soft.
A global retailer is shifting from a product-centric to a customer-centric model. The change is failing because each department has its own definition of 'customer success.' This illustrates:
Answer: Lack of a shared change vision and common language
Fragmented definitions signal an absent or ineffectively communicated shared vision, which is prerequisite to coordinated organizational change.
In change management, 'resistance mapping' is a technique used to:
Answer: Systematically identify sources, types, and levels of resistance across stakeholder groups
Resistance mapping helps change managers proactively categorize and address resistance by stakeholder group before it undermines the initiative.