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A 3 page paper the describes and explains the boiled frog phenomenon and the theory behind it. The paper also includes examples of how this can occur. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the frog will do everything it can to jump out to save its life. But, if you put a frog in a pan of cold water and heat it slowly,
the frog will not try to escape, it will eventually become unconscious and, in effect, allows itself to be boiled to death (Majumdar, 2006; Hosking, 2004; One Mind One Voice,
n.d.; Polynice, n.d.). The phenomenon has to do with our senses. When something changes slowly, like the temperature, we will probably not realize the changes are happening. We get
accustomed to the different temperature because it is rising very slowly (or declining) until we suddenly realize that we have become very warm/hot or very cold. This phenomenon can and
does happen in our culture all the time. Quinn reports the boiling frog phenomenon was introduced by systems thinkers who were investigating human behavior, the boiling frog is one common
behavior (One Mind One Voice, n.d.). One example Quinn provides is a young couple who gradually run up debt on their credit cards and suddenly realize they are in very
serious debt that they cannot repay (One Mind One Voice, n.d.). This is prevalent in businesses. Companies just continue on their same way of operation until they are suddenly faced
with bankruptcy because they failed to innovate or they failed to understand what was happening in the marketplace. Polynice (n.d.) commented that it is crucial or organizations to try to
identify threats to their survival from the very beginning. If companies wait to include this type of exploration in their strategic planning process, they face the likelihood of being
unprepared when something catastrophic happens (Polynice, n.d.). Threats to the companys survival generally come about slowly until they are suddenly obvious (Polynice, n.d.). This is exactly what the boiled frog
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