The COO of ButtonVox Is Unwilling to Authorize an Attitude

question 21

Multiple Choice

The COO of ButtonVox is unwilling to authorize an attitude survey of employees that has been proposed by the director of HR.The COO has used several aphorisms to counter the HR director's arguments: "Let sleeping dogs lie." "If it ain't broke,don't fix it." "Don't ask,don't tell." and "This will just open up a can of worms." The HR director suspects that the COO is most concerned that

• A) it will be difficult to keep employee responses to the survey confidential.
• B) employees will suspect an organizational restructuring is being considered and morale will decline.
• C) survey results would force him to make changes in organization management practices that he would prefer to avoid.
• D) the survey results will reveal that employee compensation is not competitive.

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