Using "Adaptive Tension" to Position an Organisation "At the Edge

question 66

Multiple Choice

Using "adaptive tension" to position an organisation "at the edge of chaos":

• A)Is all very well - but it's impossible to be sure when you're overstepping the mark into chaos
• B)Is proposed by some theorists as the ideal state
• C)Risks moving into chaos, beyond the point of no return, and corporate failure
• D)All of the above

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