FancyFoods Belongs to the Restaurant Trade Association

question 38

Multiple Choice

FancyFoods belongs to the Restaurant Trade Association. One of the services that the trade association provides is monthly data on total regional sales of restaurants. In designing a bonus system for employees, this service:

• A) would not be useful because it too expensive.
• B) would not provide useful information for performance-based contracts.
• C) may provide low-cost information for performance contracts.
• D) may deceive the owners from knowing what is actually happening in the region.

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Definitions:

Sublimation

A defense mechanism in which socially unacceptable impulses are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.

Projection

A defense mechanism where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and motives to another person.

Displacement

In psychology, a defense mechanism where an individual shifts negative feelings from their original source to a more acceptable or less threatening target.

Denial

A defense mechanism where an individual refuses to accept reality or facts, thus avoiding dealing with painful feelings or events.