According to Nutt and Backoff's assessment of organizational contexts in terms of their abilities to produce visionary strategic change, rigid organizations:
A) are very flexible.
B) are hierarchical.
C) have high acceptance of the need for change.
D) have high resource availability.

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Rigid organizations are characterized by a hierarchical structure, which makes it difficult for visionary strategic change to occur. They have a strong focus on maintaining stability and control, which limits their ability to adapt to new ideas or approaches. Therefore, they are not very flexible, do not have high acceptance of the need for change, and may not have high resource availability.

According to Nutt and Backoff's Assessment of Organizational Contexts in Terms