In Order to Gain Employee Acceptance of Useful Performance Standards

question 89

Multiple Choice

In order to gain employee acceptance of useful performance standards, a manager can

• A) Set standards that employees view as possible to achieve.
• B) Tell employees that you might not use the standards.
• C) Focus on controlling negative behavior.
• D) Set standards low enough that all employees can easily meet them.
• E) Let employees know that you measure your own performance as well.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The quantity of autonomous variables or amounts that can change in the computation of a statistic.

Dummy Variables

Numerical variables used in regression analysis to represent subgroups of the sample in your study.

Regression Model

A statistical technique that models and analyzes the relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables to predict outcomes.

Qualitative Independent Variable

A variable that categorizes or describes attributes or characteristics, typically non-numeric, influencing the dependent variable.