Matthias Wants to Change the Reward System to Be More

Multiple Choice

Matthias wants to change the reward system to be more team-focused and less individual-focused. He has met with managers at each level, put out an e-mail blast to all employees so no one would be expecting the employee of the month announcement, and he posted the criteria that would be evaluated by a team for the reward. He thought he had covered all of his bases, so when he received an anonymous e-mail from an upset employee about the change, he was caught off guard. What did Matthias NOT realize would be an impact of the change?

A) how strongly the company needs the proposed change
B) how any change he made would have an impact across the entire organization
C) how capable the employees are of handling the change
D) how pessimistic employees are about the change
E) how managers deliver the message impacts employees