W. Edwards Deming, the quality expert, has hinted that incentive pay is actually counterproductive. Economic analysis indicates that enhancing corporate culture and incentive rewards plans are

A. complements for each other.
B. the sources of all inefficiencies in modern businesses.
C. substitutes for each other.
D. convex functions of the technology principle.


Answer: A

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