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Harbour Hire serves business clients while changing promotion; the case evidence includes supplier lead time of ?5,633, sales of 763 units, and a 34% change in costs or demand. Which option best applies Explain non-financial methods of motivation, including management styles, training, greater responsibility and fringe benefits?
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Topic
Motivating employees
Question
- A. Use management style, fringe benefits, motivation to judge cash inflow, local community impact, and the business objective in Motivation methods.
- B. Give only a definition of Motivating employees without using the case evidence.
- C. Treat margin and markup as identical and ignore the effect on local community.
- D. Choose the largest sales figure without checking costs, finance, or context.
Answer
The correct option is: Use management style, fringe benefits, motivation to judge cash inflow, local community impact, and the business objective in Motivation methods.
Explanation
The answer is commercially strongest because Use management style, fringe benefits, motivation to judge cash inflow, local community impact, and the business objective in Motivation methods. The case evidence gives ?7,133, 763 units, and 34%, so the answer must explain the commercial effect rather than repeat a definition. The distractors are weaker because they confuse margin and markup, miss the local community, or ignore the business objective.
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