Leaving Employees to Their Own Devices in Meeting Performance Standards

question 26

Multiple Choice

Leaving employees to their own devices in meeting performance standards

• A)enables managers to monitor daily and weekly operating statistics without resorting to constant over-the-shoulder supervision.
• B)optimizes the performance of self-managed work groups in peer-based control environments.
• C)is preferable to relying on peer pressure to keep team members operating between the white lines.
• D)is NOT a recommended way for managers to monitor the operating performance of employees to ensure superior strategy execution.
• E)is the best use of information systems capabilities in the strategy execution effort.

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