Trait+Incompatibility

[[image:cultural5.png align="left"]]Incompatibility of a Cultural Trait with Change
This barrier is a result of a change that conflicts with a deeply rooted cultural trait. The //Surviving Change// textbook provides the example of an attempt to change the 9 month school calendar to a 12 month calendar. The 9 month calendar is a trait of the educational culture that dates back to the inception of organized, public schools. Changing such a deep rooted mainstay of education would be extremely difficult and the change agent will have to determine methods, such as incentives or ways to circumvent the trait, in order to successfully implement the change.