Tom Smith Is a Top Manager at a Diversified Company

Multiple Choice

Tom Smith is a top manager at a diversified company that has been tasked to identify inefficient, poorly managed companies in other industries and then acquire and restructure them to improve their performance and increase the profitability of the total corporation. Which of the following would be a strategy Tom might take to increase the performance of one of these newly acquired companies?

A) Top managers of the acquired company are trained in more aggressive management techniques.
B) The new top-management team consolidates assets and terminates staff to reduce the cost structure.
C) The management team recommits to traditional strategies.
D) All bonuses and incentive programs are terminated.
E) The acquiring company uses the established goals to evaluate and review employees at all levels.