After Restructuring, Your Division Has Had Trouble Filling the Open

question 22

Multiple Choice

After restructuring, your division has had trouble filling the open positions with appropriate candidates. The selection processes used by human resources have not yet adjusted to the new criteria required for the restructured job positions. This problem is an example of which kind of resistance to change?

• A) structural inertia
• B) limited focus of change
• C) group inertia
• D) threat to expertise
• E) threat to established power relationships

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true, used as a threshold in statistical hypothesis testing.

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P-Value

The likelihood of encountering test outcomes as significant as or more than the actual observed results, assuming the null hypothesis is valid.

Null Hypothesis

The proposition that observed differences among specific populations are attributed to errors in sampling or experimentation, hence indicating no major divergence.