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BeanBarn serves price-sensitive customers while using retained profit; the case evidence includes break-even output of ?2,370, sales of 740 units, and a 21% change in costs or demand. Which option best applies Explain benefits of a motivated workforce, including staff retention and high productivity?
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Topic
Motivating employees
Question
- A. Use productivity, staff retention to judge capacity utilisation, owners impact, and the business objective in Motivation methods.
- B. Give only a definition of Motivating employees without using the case evidence.
- C. Treat cash flow and profit as identical and ignore the effect on owners.
- D. Choose the largest sales figure without checking costs, finance, or context.
Answer
The correct option is: Use productivity, staff retention to judge capacity utilisation, owners impact, and the business objective in Motivation methods.
Explanation
Choose this response because Use productivity, staff retention to judge capacity utilisation, owners impact, and the business objective in Motivation methods. The case evidence gives ?3,870, 740 units, and 21%, so the answer must explain the commercial effect rather than repeat a definition. The distractors are weaker because they confuse cash flow and profit, miss the owners, or ignore the business objective.
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