Scenario - Keegan Enterprises
Keegan Enterprises is owned by Stanley Keegan of Wichita,Kansas.Stanley started Keegan Enterprises in 1990 and has watched his company grow to become the second largest producer of van trailers in the world.Keegan Enterprises earned $60 million in profit last year and currently has over 17,000 workers around the globe.
In order to achieve its stated mission and goals,Keegan Enterprises has implemented several changes to its business strategy over the past few years.While accomplishing the necessary changes has not been easy or without challenge,Keegan Enterprises appears to be stronger and more unified today than ever before.Stanley Keegan is looking forward to facing future challenges and watching the forward growth of his business.He would like to see his company in the number one spot as the world's largest producer of van trailers in the world.
-Keegan Enterprises acknowledges it has undertaken changes within the company's strategy.This organizational change can involve the implementation of a different business or cultural path for the organization.Which one of the following is least likely to be true regarding Keegan's organizational change?
A) Organizational change is often met with considerable resistance
B) The most accepted organizational change is led by top management
C) At times organizational change is better accepted if initiated by an outsider of the company
D) Organizational change indicates a company is in serious financial distress
E) Organizational change can involve both the business strategy and the culture of the company

Question

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The passage states that Keegan Enterprises earned $60 million in profit last year, indicating that the company is financially successful and not in serious financial distress. Therefore, option D is least likely to be true. Options A, B, C, and E are all possible true statements about organizational change.