You Are Acting as Manager and Mentor to Melanie, an Employee

Multiple Choice

You are acting as manager and mentor to Melanie, an employee who has been identified as a high achiever. Going by McClelland's three-needs theory, which of the following measures would best help you to motivate Marsha to do her best?

A) promising her a promotion and a raise if she reaches her targets
B) giving her a job that holds her personally responsible for finding solutions to problems
C) setting goals that are just out of her reach in order to push her
D) giving her a managerial position that requires her to help others accomplish their goals
E) giving her easy goals so she won't be intimidated