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neverstopbelieb · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Rewarding change is a concept of motivation. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

a. People behave in ways that provide rewards for them.
b. Because culture is so ingrained into the fabric of a person, offering financial rewards to an employee will have little or no effectiveness in bringing about cultural change.
c. If an organization implements rewards for the new culture, people will be motivated to change.
d. Rewarding old cultural behaviors will reinforce the status quo.
e. A management-identified reward may not be considered a reward by the employee.

Question 2

Which of the following statements relative to OD and the management of change are true?

a. Theory has little application in the real world of business.
b. Theory is, by definition, very abstract and quite difficult to understand.
c. The value of OD is that it provides a systematic approach for the management of change.
d. It is better to apply no theory at all than to apply a theory that has not been proven successful.
e. Management and theories tend to be mutually exclusive.