3. Elmo Research & Development has been going through a rough patch lately. Turnover has been
high and employee morale is at an all-time low. Though employees and competitors hold
management responsible for the decline, the CEO does not let the managers go or change the
management style. Which of the following could explain this attitude?
(A) As the organization has an autocratic management style, the employees are responsible for
organizational policies.
(B) The organization has a participative management style and decisions are guided by
consensus.
(C) The CEO holds the omnipotent view of management, which believes that external factors
have a significant effect on performance outcomes.
(D) The CEO holds the view that managers have only limited role in organization success or
failure.