Application of Resistance to Change

question 12

Multiple Choice

Application of Resistance to Change
Acme Feed Company is a small farmers' store located in eastern North Carolina. Because the surrounding farms have been taken over by corporate farmers, Acme's owners know that they must make some changes. The owners have decided to hire an "expert" to assist them in making the necessary changes. Acme currently employs fifteen people. Two individuals serve as managers and have been with Acme for over twenty years. Five employees have been hired in the last several years, and an additional eight employees are part- time workers who are attending the local agricultural college.
-The changes in the farms to which Acme sells are an example of a change in the__________ that affect the organization.

• A)economy
• B)people
• C)technology
• D)internal environment

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Definitions:

Cannon-Bard Theory

The proposition that emotion and physiological reactions occur simultaneously.

Polygraph

An instrument that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while the subject answers questions, used to infer truths or lies.

Physiological Responses

Automatic reactions of the body to a stimulus, involving biological or bodily systems and processes, such as heart rate and hormone release.

Cannon-Bard Theory

A theory of emotion that proposes that emotions and bodily changes occur simultaneously following a stimulus, rather than one causing the other.