Which one of the following is not a benefit of prescribing policies and operating procedures to aid management's task of implementing strategy?
A) helping enforce consistency in how particular activities are performed
B) providing top-down guidance to operating managers,supervisory personnel,and employees regarding how to alter past practice and how things need to be done now
C) promoting the creation of a can-do work climate that facilitates good strategy execution
D) helping build employee commitment to adopting best practices and using the tools of TQM and Six Sigma
E) Two answers are correct: helping enforce consistency in how particular activities are performed,and providing top-down guidance to operating managers,supervisory personnel,and employees regarding how to alter past practice and how things need to be done now.

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Well-conceived policies and operating procedures act to facilitate organizational change and good strategy execution in three ways: (1) enforce needed consistency in how particular strategy-critical activities are performed; (2) provide top-down guidance regarding how to alter past practice and how certain things now need to be done; and (3) promote a positive,can-do work climate or transform an unhealthy corporate culture into a healthy culture that facilitates good strategy execution.

Which One of the Following Is Not a Benefit of Prescribing