Corporate Takeover (Scenario)
Todd works for Enviro Tech, an environmental consulting firm that has just been purchased by Zerex Ltd, a biomedical research organisation.Based on his early encounters with the new upper management from Zerex, he feels that Enviro is a 'lower-key', 'friendlier' organisation.He is concerned that this company's old culture will be eliminated by the new company and he does not like the prospects.
-Refer to Corporate Takeover (Scenario).Todd is assessing the organisation's ________, the degree to which organisational activities emphasise maintaining the status quo in contrast to growth.

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Todd is assessing whether the organisation's culture places emphasis on maintaining the status quo or growth. This relates to stability, which refers to an organisation's degree of resistance to change or preference for stability over growth. Todd's concern that the new company will eliminate the old culture suggests that he perceives Enviro Tech as having a culture that emphasises stability. Therefore, Todd is assessing the organisation's stability.

Corporate Takeover (Scenario) Todd Works for Enviro Tech, an Environmental Consulting Firm That