A Manager Hired an Employee Whose Performance Is Not Up

question 154

Multiple Choice

A manager hired an employee whose performance is not up to the organization's standards. The manager sends the employee to several costly training seminars and devotes much time to individually counseling the employee, but the employee's performance does not improve. This is an example of

• A) Confirmation trap bias.
• B) Escalation of commitment.
• C) Framing.
• D) Conjunction fallacy.

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Definitions:

Product Improvement

The process of making meaningful changes to a product to increase its usability, functionality or performance.

Production-oriented

describes an approach focused on the efficiency of producing goods, often at the expense of customer needs and preferences.

Sales-oriented

Focused primarily on achieving sales targets, often through aggressive marketing and promotional strategies, without necessarily prioritizing customer needs.

Market-oriented

A business approach that prioritizes the needs and wants of customers in the creation and selling of products or services.