In Prescribing Policies and Procedures That Facilitate Independent Action on the Part

question 32

Multiple Choice

In prescribing policies and procedures that facilitate independent action on the part of empowered employees for good strategy execution companies need to do ALL of the following EXCEPT

• A) give organization members clear direction and place reasonable boundaries on their actions.
• B) empower employees to act within the company's set boundaries in pursuit of company goals.
• C) allow company personnel to act with some defined degree of freedom, especially when individual creativity and initiative are more essential to good strategy execution than standardization and strict conformity.
• D) institute policies that give employees substantial leeway to carry out activities the way they think best.
• E) produce policy manuals on strategy execution that prescribe exactly how daily operations are to be conducted.