Management Practices That Lead to Sustained and Superior Performance, Regardless

question 20

Multiple Choice

Management practices that lead to sustained and superior performance, regardless of the technique used, include all EXCEPT

• A) establishing a direction, focusing on customers, and communicating with employees.
• B) hiring good people, delegating decision-making, and performing quality work.
• C) empowering people, rewarding performance, and maintaining high values.
• D) aligning resources, exchanging information, and achieving teamwork.
• E) accelerating change, mechanizing functions, and reducing staff.

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Definitions:

Reinvested

Pertains to the act of putting earnings or profits back into the business or project instead of paying them out as dividends.

Discount Rate

The interest rate used to discount future cash flows to their present value, reflecting the opportunity cost of capital.

Internal Rate Of Return

A financial metric used to estimate the profitability of potential investments, calculated as the rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.

Net Present Value

A calculation of the present value of cash inflows minus the present value of cash outflows over a period of time, used in capital budgeting.