Part 19
Answer is option D
D. aggression
Malfunction created frustration and dealing with situation is considered to be dealing with change by aggression.
Part 20
Answer is option B
B. lack of communicating and training
Without proper communication and training, the implementation of new computerized information system is likely to fail
Part 21
Answer is option A
A. conduct face-to-face interviews with managers, key personnel, and randomly selected employees from each functional area impacted by the system changes in an attempt to discover hy the changes aren’t effective.
Part 22
Answer is option
B. ask users what they need, analyze existing systems, examine existing system utilization, and prototyping
Firstly need is to be recognized and existing system analyzed to figure change and introduce new system.
19) A newly installed robotic vacuuming system stopped working. A service technician was called to repair...
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