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Chapter 8 Innovation and Change

1. Resistance to change
Go to the site: http://www.teambuildinginc.com/article_overcoming_resistance.htm
View the “Farcus” comic. Describe what this comic is attempting to convey.

• Can you name any organizations that post “Employee of the Month” like the poster in the comic?
• Would you like to work for this type of organization? Why or why not?
• Discuss and compare with a classmate.
• What are the implications for managers in present-day organizations?

2. Technology changes
Read through the notes from Chapter 10 of Society and Technological Change, 3rd ed. by Rudi Volti found at http://www.umsl.edu/~keelr/280/soctechchange/soctech10.htm

• What are the implications for workers?
• Is all technological change good? Discuss positives and negatives.

3. Training and Development
Go to the site http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/publications_resources/learning_policy/
sp_793_12_07e/page00.shtml
View the article Education and Early Labour Market Outcomes in Canada - December 2007
View Section 5: Summary and Policy Implications

1. What are the different outcomes of higher education on males and females in Canada?
2. What are the implications for the future of Canada?