BIL Hank makes you a list with four ways an idea is killed. Please explain 2 of the following: Fear mongering Delay Confusion Character Assassination

4 main steps to preparing to introduce change. Explain each: Step 1 – Take Stock Step 2 – Brush Up Step 3 – Brainstorm, Prep for Potential Attacks Step 4 – Go!

From Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture, Scholarly literature argues that successful companies over the last 40 years are characterized by 6 well defined conditions. Choose and briefly describe one of these 6 conditions.

What are the costs of “undiscussable issues?”

If we are confident we know what culture type will make our organization most healthy, why do we first assess current culture?

Brand new employees cannot be change agents  

The competing Values Framework considers: Flexibility and Discretion, Stability and Control, External Focus and Differentiation, and Internal Focus and Integration. Define 2 of these concepts:

Briefly describe the 3 bullet points Kotter and Whitehead highlight for the counterintuitive  method for saving your good idea: 1. 2. 3.

The OCAI is meant to assess 6 key dimensions to organizational culture: Dominant Characteristics, Organizational Leadership, Management of Employees, Organizational Glue, Strategic Emphasis, and Criteria of Success. Define: Dominant Characteristics Organizational Leadership Strategic Emphasis

It is likely the manager will score themselves higher on the MSAI than the subordinate, peers, and supervisor respondents will.