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jjjetplane

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Option 2 is structure focus employees on the interrelated activities of the supply chain. This structure would be called:
 
  a. functional.
  b. d
  ivisional.
  c.
  hybrid.
  d.
  matrix.
  e.
  horizontally-linked

Question 2

Explain five factors that may undermine effectiveness of individual pay-for- performance plans.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

a. Performance appraisals are inherently subjective, with supervisors evaluating subordinates according to their own preconceived biases.
b. Emphasize individual rather than group goals that may lead to dysfunction conflict in the organization.
c.
Encourage a short-term orientation (the performance period being evaluated) at the expense of long-term goals.
d.
Merit pay raises become an annuity on which employees continue to draw regardless of future performance.
e.
The often lengthy time lag between actual performance and reward undermines perceived connection between the two.
f.
Many jobs cannot be individually isolated and precisely measured without taking into account complex interdependencies.
g.
Pay differentials between performance levels tend to be relatively small and therefore of questionable behavioral value.
h.
Actual payout of program often determined by organizational factors beyond the control of individual employees and only indirectly related to actual performance



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