Dixon Manufacturing is a large firm that produces automotive parts for sports cars. Employees at Dixon receive annual performance appraisals from their supervisors. However, top executives at Dixon have decided that performance appraisals should be conducted more frequently and that a new method of appraisal should be implemented. Which of the following, if True, best supports the argument that the ranking method is the most appropriate performance appraisal tool for Dixon to use?
A) Employees at Dixon are provided training opportunities based on performance appraisal results.
B) Dixon executives want the firm to become a high performing work system within five years.
C) Dixon will be reducing its workforce and eliminating the lowest performing employees.
D) Supervisors at Dixon work with HR to hire, fire, and train all employees.

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C) The ranking method is a performance appraisal method in which the rater ranks all employees from a group in order of overall performance from highest to lowest. This method would provide HR with the needed data to know which workers are the lowest performing.

Dixon Manufacturing Is a Large Firm That Produces Automotive Parts