Managers of profit centers are usually given a lot of discretion because
A. They always do an excellent job
B. They rarely do a good job
C. The company can never judge their performance
D. It is relatively easy to tie management pay to division performance
. In this question, the condition is given that managers of
profit centres are usually given a lot of discretion because.
Here option D is applicable because this option express.. it is
relatively easy to tie management pay to division performance
because the managers of profit centres are concerned about various
factors which influence the business activities in the organisation
so this is the only reason they have to make various choices and
here the division performance attention with the attachment of the
management is applicable.
Option A This option is not applicable because it is given that
they always do an excellent job. It means they are talking about a
positive sense which is practically not applicable every
time.
Option B express they rarely do a good job it means they are
presenting the situation there it is a question mark on the
manager's performance so it is again not applicable.
Option C. Options are also not applicable because here the company
can never judge their performance ..it means that company does not
bother about what the manager is doing or not doing so again this
option is not at all applicable in the organisation
Managers of profit centers are usually given a lot of discretion because A. They always do...
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