________ is one way to achieve unfreezing of an organization's status quo

A) Increasing the driving forces directing behavior away from the status quo
B) Incorporating a structural inertia in the structure of the organization
C) Increasing employee investment in the status quo
D) Decreasing management's investment in change
E) Increasing the rigidity of the organizational hierarchy

A
Explanation: A) The status quo is an equilibrium state. To move from equilibrium, to overcome the pressures of both individual resistance and group conformity, unfreezing must happen. The driving forces, which direct behavior away from the status quo, can be increased to achieve unfreezing.