If Virginia Rometty Is Chosen to Replace IBM CEO Sam

question 62

Multiple Choice

If Virginia Rometty is chosen to replace IBM CEO Sam Palmisano (Chapter 12 Strategic Focus) , it would be an example of internal succession as Rometty is currently head of IBM's sales unit. Which effect on strategy does this model of succession suggest?

• A) Strategic change
• B) Stable strategy or stable strategy with innovation
• C) Ambiguous: possible change in top management team and strategy
• D) Strategic change with innovation

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