Which statement about implementing change in problem-solving is true?

• A. The initial step to response implementation is to communicate the need for change to those who might be affected by the response.
• B. A community problem should be analyzed from the perspective of a city or county so a solution can be applied across a broad geographic area.
• C. Any decision associated with an ethical dilemma results in negative consequences.
• D. To be effective, responses to a problem must impact all three sides of the problem analysis triangle.

Answer: (A)

Communicating the need for change to those who might be affected is essential because people need to understand why the change is happening, what will change, and how it will help. This builds awareness, reduces resistance, and gathers input that can improve the plan, making implementation more likely to succeed.

If a problem is analyzed from a broad, top-down geographic perspective to apply a solution everywhere, local contexts, resources, and values can be overlooked, leading to mismatches and ineffective results. Ethical decisions aren’t automatically negative; they can prevent harm, protect rights, and produce positive outcomes even when trade-offs exist. And insisting that every response must impact all three sides of a problem analysis triangle can be overly rigid; addressing the most relevant dimensions effectively often yields better, more practical results.