You have just been hired by Computers- R- Us to institute a management by objectives program.The sales people have asked you to explain the program to them and to help them understand how it will affect them. You want to make sure that they understand the ingredients common to MBO programs.Which of the following is not one of those ingredients?
A)Feedback will be given on each employee's performance.
B)Goals will be general enough to allow creativity.
C)Decision making will be participative.
D)Time periods will be explicit.

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Goals in MBO programs should be specific and measurable, not general enough to allow creativity. This allows for clear evaluation of performance and progress towards goals. The other three ingredients (feedback, participative decision making, and explicit time periods) are key components of MBO programs.

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