Delilah's Previous Manager Every Year Developed and Given Her a List

question 84

Multiple Choice

Delilah's previous manager every year developed and given her a list of performance goals for the upcoming year, and then proceeded to criticize her for not fully achieving her previous year's goals-goals that he had developed and given to her. And, in fact, Delilah was not always motivated to achieve all of the goals that her previous manager had prescribed for her. But Delilah's new manager was a breath of fresh air. Delilah told her roommate, "My new manager lets me participate in goal-setting for my work and, as a result,

• A) I am able to find ingenious ways to set easy goals and convince my manager that they are difficult."
• B) I find ways to meet goals simply to receive a reward."
• C) we develop goals that do not necessarily contribute to the company's success."
• D) we tend to generate goals that I accept and pursue willingly."
• E) we set goals that are so challenging as to be unattainable."

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