The correct answer is B. Reintroducing a familiar practice . Adaptive change refers to a comparatively low-complexity form of change where people are asked to return to, adjust, or apply something already familiar. It usually does not require a major shift in culture, mindset, technology, or organizational identity. Because the practice is already known, resistance may be lower than with more innovative or transformational changes, although communication, reinforcement, and stakeholder engagement are still required. Option A, introducing a practice new to the practitioners, is more disruptive because the affected people have no direct familiarity with the practice. Option C, introducing a practice that is new to the organization but not the industry, is closer to an innovative or transitional change because the organization must adopt something externally established but internally unfamiliar. Adaptive change is therefore associated with reintroducing or adjusting known practices rather than creating a radically new way of working. In project management, understanding the type of change helps determine communication, training, stakeholder engagement, transition support, and resistance-management needs. The uploaded source lists this question under the ISO 21502 question set and provides these three alternatives.
Reference topics: adaptive change, organizational change, stakeholder readiness, transition management, change complexity.
