complete the prompts
For a smooth transition, an outgoing employee’s ______ should ...
A) successor
B) core
C) inflexible
D) exclude
E) persists
A) successor ✅
To ensure ______ productivity, companies must help staff ...
A) minimum
B) maximum
C) average
D) partial
E) limited
B)maximum ✅
Two-way communication can be ______ when it comes to empowering staff.
A) slightly useful
B) highly influential
C) completely useless
D) rarely effective
B)highly influential
It is imperative that staff ______ be consulted prior to any drastic change in strategy.
A) individually
B) across the board
C) selectively
D) rarely
B) across the board
an idiom that means affecting everyone or everything in the same way; universally
If a company wants to change its ______ business, it should first ...
A) successor
B) core
C) inflexible
D) exclude
E) persists
B) core ✅
Before the ______ of any change in a company, there should be ...
A) rejection
B) delay
C) initiation
D) cancellation
E) ignore
C)initiation✅
Flexibility and adaptability can give one company a ______ over another.
A) disadvantage
B) competitive edge
C) common weakness
D) shared problem
B) competitive edge✅
an advantage that makes a person, company, or product better than others in the same field.
Transforming a company's culture may come ______ some staff who choose to resign.
A) in support of
B) at the expense of
C) together with
D) for the benefit of
B) at the expense of
something happens by causing harm, loss, or disadvantage to someone or something else.
Should senior management be ______ when it comes to decision making, it could result in ...
1)initiation
2)inflexible
3)equate
4)exclude
3)inflexible✅
All companies should ______ two-way communication into their culture because ...
A) remove
B) avoid
C) incorporate
D) block
E) separate
C)incorporate✅
Adopting a change in strategy can be a long, ______ for any company.
A) easy path
B) uphill struggle
C) quick win
D) smooth ride
B) uphill struggle
a difficult or challenging task that requires a lot of effort to succeed.
Any contentious issues with regards to a strategy will ______ during staff meetings.
A) disappear quickly
B) come to prominence
C) remain hidden
D) fade away
B) come to prominence
to become well-known, important, or influential.
Decision-making processes that ______ staff will ...
1)inflexible
2)successor
3)exclude
4)core
3)exclude
to deliberately leave something or someone out
The higher the ______ of collaboration between staff, the ...
A) absence
B) weakness
C) intensity
D) reduction
E) conflict
C) intensity
the degree, strength, or force of something.
When market changes occur, a company must swiftly agree on an appropriate ______.
A) random guess
B) course of action
C) delayed response
D) confused plan
B) course of action
a plan, method, or way of doing something to achieve a goal or deal with a situation
Even just the notion of change can ______ to feelings of panic among staff.
A) reduce trust
B) give rise to
C) eliminate fear
D) remove stress
B) give rise to
to cause something to happen or to create a situation.
A company that ______ with a strategy and does not give up may ...
1)maximum
2)equate
3)incorporate
4)persists
4)persists✅
All staff should ______ written documents about ...
A) cast an eye over
B) ignore
C) hide
D) delete
E) forget
A)cast an eye over
an idiom that means to quickly look at or examine something.
This word from Exercise 2 means to include or integrate something into a system.
A) exclude
B) incorporate
C) divide
D) separate
B) incorporate
This phrase means changes that affect all parts of a company equally.
A) partially
B) across the board
C) selectively
D) individually
B) across the board