Your Company, Riyadh Farm Products, Has Decided to Expand Its

Your company, Riyadh Farm Products, has decided to expand its traditional business serving farm owners in order to include home gardeners in its customer base. This change is not met with enthusiasm by the sales personnel who have had good long-term relationships with area farmers. You know that the change will be difficult if you cannot overcome the resistance of the sales personnel and obtain their cooperation.
-In reaction to your threat to close down the company, your employees accuse you of manipulating them to gain their cooperation with the new sales approach. Their accusation is _______.

A) inaccurate, because your threat to eliminate positions and close down the company is simply a ruse to gain employees' compliance
B) accurate, because your threat to eliminate positions and close down the company is simply a ruse to gain employees' compliance
C) accurate, because you plan to eliminate many sales positions regardless of whether your sales force accepts the new customer focus
D) accurate, because you fully intend to follow through on your threat if the sales team refuses to support the new customer focus
E) inaccurate, because you fully intend to follow through on your threat if the sales team refuses to support the new customer focus