Joaquin is reviewing the literature on the processes involved in introducing organizational change within businesses. Which of the following ideas is consistent with a tenet of the punctuated equilibrium model?
A) change should be introduced gradually to allow for evolutionary change
B) change should be introduced quickly to eliminate the change for resistance to occur
C) change should be introduced quickly to ensure that people who resistance can be terminated
D) change should occur in large increments so employees appreciate the return to the original status quo

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The punctuated equilibrium model suggests that organizations go through long periods of stability (equilibrium), interrupted by short bursts of fundamental change (revolutionary periods), and then return to stability. Gradual changes allow for evolutionary adjustments within these periods of stability, aligning with the model's perspective on how change occurs.

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