Mercer was getting bored with his job as a sales clerk in the home department until his manager gave him responsibility for training a new salesperson in his area, which he likes to do. This is an example of

A. management by exception.
B. management by objective.
C. the unity of command principle.
D. an intrinsic reward.
E. an extrinsic reward.


Answer: D

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