In pushing decision rights down to the people with the knowledge about processes or customer preferences, it is important that companies:
A. use their reward systems to reinforce their performance or evaluation systems.
B. integrate production management with production control.
C. keep issues of organizational architecture out of the picture.
D. keep their reward systems independent of other factors.
Answer: A
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