A Software Development Company Is Designing an Evaluation Plan for Its

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A software development company is designing an evaluation plan for its software programmers.The company feels that changes are necessary because it lacks the facts it needs to distinguish outstanding software programmers from those that are only average,or worse.Previously,the company paid software programmers a flat salary and based evaluations on supervisors' opinions.Now,however,the company is considering the following measures for its software programmers: Measurement Strategy Alpha: Software programmers will be evaluated based on the total number of lines of code that they produce.
Measurement Strategy Beta: Software programmers will be evaluated based on their ability to produce computer code that is free of errors.
Measurement Strategy Gamma: Software programmers will be evaluated based on the market success of the products they produce.
Which of the following would be most like a decision to use Measurement Strategy Alpha and Measurement Strategy Beta together?

• A)Axiom evaluates its sales staff on the number of sales they make and the size of those sales.
• B)Personal Devices rewards its brand managers more heavily for sales of new products than for sales of previously existing products.
• C)Stardust 'n' Clay rewards production line workers based on meeting production quotas and avoiding product defects.
• D)Oak Meteors customer service agents are evaluated based on the quantity of calls they answer and the number of follow-up purchases that those callers make.
• E)Spa World valet parkers get a yearly bonus based on overall customer performance and supplement their income with tips from customers.

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Definitions:

Laspeyres Price Index

A consumer price index used to measure the change over time in the total cost of purchasing a fixed basket of goods and services.

Per Capita Income

The average income earned per person in a particular area or country, calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.

Laspeyres Price Index

A price index that measures the change in the price level of a basket of goods and services, using the quantities of the base period as weights.

Base Year

A specific year against which economic growth or other variables are measured and compared.