Understanding Management
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ISBN: 9781337333375
Author: Richard L. Daft; Dorothy Marcic
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 8, Problem 7DQ
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Introduction:
Idea champions are training /consulting firms that help other businesses in innovation and new process consulting. The advantage of using one of them is they will give information and guide on how to initiate the change step by step, they will guide the firm on the best way to initiate the change. They are more specialized so for a new business this is a better option as they have more skilled consultants who will take the responsibility of initiating change.
To determine:
If they could be important for implementation.
Introduction:
We saw the importance of an idea champion in initiating change, however will they be important in implementing them as well?
Implementing is to put the initiating into practice.
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