Aspen Stewart Is One of Five Sales Managers at a Sports

question 19

Multiple Choice

Aspen Stewart is one of five sales managers at a sports equipment company.She and the other sales managers are under pressure from management to keep their teams of sales representatives motivated and hitting their sales quotas.Because of that,Aspen has studied psychology and motivation,and is always looking for better ways to motivate her team.
-To provide external motivation,Aspen runs a contest every quarter.Because she emphasizes sharing information and cooperation on her team over competition,she structures the contest so that if the team reaches a collective goal they all get a prize that has a substantial monetary value (she changes it every contest) ,and the top three individual winners:

• A)receive recognition from the team and a humorous honorific title until the next contest
• B)receive salary increases
• C)are promoted,while the bottom three producers are fired
• D)compete to see which one of them will receive a cash bonus equal to a month's salary
• E)are congratulated by Aspen by email,but not mentioned to the group

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