Because Managers Are Just as Resistant to Change as Others

question 104

Short Answer

Because managers are just as resistant to change as others are, subordinates should use the ____________________ organizational pattern when convincing management to adopt a procedure or invest in a product or new equipment.

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Definitions:

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate gratification.

Freud

An Austrian neurologist named Sigmund Freud pioneered psychoanalysis, which is a therapeutic method involving discussions between a psychoanalyst and a patient to treat mental illnesses.

Aaron Beck

A psychiatrist known for developing Cognitive Therapy, which later became known as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, aimed at changing negative thought patterns.

Rational-Emotive Behaviour Therapy

A form of cognitive-behavioral therapy focusing on changing irrational beliefs to alter emotional and behavioral responses.