MBO (Scenario) Kay Was Excited. She Had Just Returned from a Manager's

question 27

Multiple Choice

MBO (Scenario)
Kay was excited. She had just returned from a manager's retreat where MBO was discussed. MBO had never been used in her organization before, and Kay was enthusiastic about implementing it in her department. She received permission from her manager, the division head, who vaguely remembered learning about MBO in university several years earlier. Kay looked over the information she had received but was still confused about who was to choose the goals for the employees. However, she knew that once the goals were chosen they needed to be specific and have explicit time periods attached. Even though it would take a lot of work to implement the program, Kay was confident that MBO would prove to be very beneficial to the organization.
-Kay knew that the goals established for the MBO program should ________ employees,rather than ________ them.

• A)innovate; reward
• B)reward; motivate
• C)motivate; control
• D)control; punish

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Definitions:

Developing Potential

The process of nurturing and enhancing an individual's skills and abilities for future roles or performances.

Ongoing Activity

An action or series of actions that continue over a period of time, without a specific end point, often aimed at maintaining or improving a certain condition or state.

Valid Performance Appraisal

An evaluation process that accurately and reliably measures an employee's job performance and productivity.

Measurement Criteria

Standards or benchmarks used to evaluate or assess the effectiveness, quality, or performance of something.