Which One of the Following Is Not a Benefit of Prescribing

question 75

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is not a benefit of prescribing policies and operating procedures to aid management's task of implementing strategy?

• A) helping enforce consistency in how particular activities are performed
• B) providing top-down guidance to operating managers,supervisory personnel,and employees regarding how to alter past practice and how things need to be done now
• C) promoting the creation of a can-do work climate that facilitates good strategy execution
• D) helping build employee commitment to adopting best practices and using the tools of TQM and Six Sigma
• E) Two answers are correct: helping enforce consistency in how particular activities are performed,and providing top-down guidance to operating managers,supervisory personnel,and employees regarding how to alter past practice and how things need to be done now.

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