Change

Question 1

Order of change

Answer 1

Innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, laggards, rejectors

Question 2

Innovators

Answer 2

Staff will thrive on change and see it as an exciting adventure which can advance their careers. Enthusiastic and energetic about change, possibly to the point of seeking it out and being disruptive to unit stability

Question 3

Early adopters

Answer 3

Staff will be open and receptive to new ideas and will be sought out by others. Peers tend to respect them and seek them out for information and advice about changes that are proposed or implemented

Question 4

Late majority

Answer 4

Openly negative about changes and adopt them only after most others have done so. Followers. Skeptical about change.

Question 5

Early majority

Answer 5

Staff will not be the first to accept change, nor will they be the last. Preference for the status quo or what has been done in the past