Explain the difference between adaptive cultures and inert cultures

What will be an ideal response?

Adaptive cultures are those that value innovation and encourage and reward experimenting and risk taking by middle and lower-level managers. Inert cultures are those that are cautious and conservative, do not value middle and lower-level managers taking such action, and, indeed, may actively discourage such behavior. According to Kotter and Heskett, organizational learning is higher in organizations with adaptive cultures because managers can quickly introduce changes in the way the organization operates that allow the organization to adapt to changes occurring in the environment. This does not occur in organizations with inert cultures. As a result, organizations with adaptive cultures are more likely to survive in a changing environment and should have higher performance than organizations with inert cultures.