A Sales Manager Has Carefully Selected the Members of Two

Multiple Choice

A sales manager has carefully selected the members of two sales teams so that they have, as nearly as possible, identical skills and abilities. Both are assigned potential customers in the same industry. Both groups are offered the same rewards. One team makes the sale, and the other does not. Based on this information, one can say that:

A) job performance and motivation are unrelated.
B) the concepts of synergy and job performance are faulty.
C) one of the components that leads to job performance was weak.
D) nothing motivates some people.
E) both sales teams had identical motivation levels.