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Changing people's thinking and behavior is possible by:


A) establishing organizational hierarchies.
B) furnishing people with necessary facts and figures about a change project.
C) focusing on trying to fix people's weaknesses and shortcomings.
D) helping people establish new, emotional relationships that provide hope.

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A(n) _____ is something that awakens an individual's hopes and dreams about the future, about possibilities of what could be, rather than focusing on trying to "fix" weaknesses or shortcomings.


A) intuitive thinking process
B) personal compact
C) after-action review
D) positive emotional attractor

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_____ is a technique to encourage creativity that uses a face-to-face interactive group to spontaneously suggest a broad range of creative ideas to solve a problem.

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The management at GreatBiz Inc. wants to reduce the separation between management and the workers. As part of the change initiative, it eliminates the rule about clocking in at a particular time every day. However, it is met with great resistance from the workers. In this case, which of the following steps should the management take?


A) The management should declare bonuses for workers who agree to accept the change so that other workers who are resistant about the change may also be lured to accept it.
B) The management should take legal actions against the workers who oppose the change or who instigate other workers to resist the change.
C) The management should find ways to enable the workers to see the value in changes that are needed for the organization to succeed.
D) The management should promise to fulfill all the demands of the workers and empower them to make important business decisions.

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During the _____ stage of appreciative inquiry, action plans for transforming dreams into reality are formulated.

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As part of the brainstorming process, freewheeling involves:


A) evaluating ideas of group members freely during spontaneous idea generation.
B) expressing any idea that comes to mind, no matter how weird or fanciful.
C) providing freedom to generate as many ideas as possible.
D) bringing people together in an interactive group over a computer network.

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The dream stage of the appreciative inquiry process involves:


A) translating the ideas identified in the previous stages into concrete action steps.
B) formulating action plans for transforming dreams into reality.
C) interviewing people and asking them to tell stories that identify the best of their experiences with an organization.
D) creating a shared vision of the best possible future, grounded in the reality of what already exists.

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The final stage of appreciative inquiry is _____ by translating the ideas identified in the previous stages into concrete action steps.


A) creating a destiny
B) creating a vision
C) redesigning an organization
D) discovering organizational strengths

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Discuss electronic brainstorming.

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Electronic brainstorming or brainwriting...

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Explain the importance of allowing pauses for promoting creativity.

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Answers will vary. Students should consi...

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Discuss the five key elements that can be incorporated to change people's thinking and behavior in organizations.

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The keys to changing people's thinking a...

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Idea champions:


A) are the facilitators of brainstorming sessions held in organizations.
B) provide a safe harbor where ideas from people throughout an organization can be developed.
C) use electronic brainstorming.
D) fight to overcome natural resistance and convince others of the value of an idea.

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How can leaders foster a creative culture in organizations?

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For creative acts that benefit the organ...

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People's thinking and behavior can be changed using a positive emotional attractor that focuses on trying to "fix" weaknesses or shortcomings.

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To help someone change means first denying emotions associated with endings and losses and trying to talk people out of feeling them.

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_____ is a set of systematic techniques for breaking away from customary mental concepts and generating new ones.

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Appreciative inquiry can be applied:


A) only to large organizations.
B) either on a large or small scale.
C) to individual leaders on a small scale.
D) only to for-profit organizations.

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To encourage change and innovation, organizations:


A) reject quick wins in favor of long-term benefits.
B) avoid the use of lateral thinking.
C) encourage employee resistance.
D) strive to hire people who display creative characteristics.

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One shortcoming of appreciative inquiry is that it does not engage people from outside an organization, such as customers or clients, partners, and other stakeholders, in a change process.

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Brainstorming sessions allow group members to immediately evaluate each other's ideas so that bad ideas can be eliminated without wasting time.

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