Annette and Nicole are owners and co$-$chief executives at a New Hampshire craft brewing company. They are trying to instill a spirit of high achievement into their company$$s culture and put constructive pressure on the organization to achieve good results in a successful manner. Their success in this endeavor is most likely to be contingent upon

Multiple Choice

treating their employees with dignity and respect; celebrating individual, group, and company successes; and setting stretch objectives.

the extent to which they emphasize a positive rather than a negative reward system.

the degree to which lower$-$level managers and supervisors are good practitioners of management by walking around $($MBWA$).$

making operating excellence their company's only core value.

the adoption of best practices, pushing for continuous product innovation, and providing employees with a stream of suggestions for improving company operations.