A software development company is designing an evaluation plan for its software programmers. The company feels that changes are necessary because it lacks the facts it needs to distinguish outstanding software programmers from those that are only average, or worse. Previously, the company paid software programmers a flat salary and based evaluations on supervisors' opinions. Now, however, the company is considering the following measures for its software programmers:

Measurement Strategy Alpha: Software programmers will be evaluated based on the total number of lines of code that they produce.

Measurement Strategy Beta: Software programmers will be evaluated based on their ability to produce computer code that is free of errors.

Measurement Strategy Gamma: Software programmers will be evaluated based on the market success of the products they produce.

Problem Set 48.

Management has decided to combine all three Measurement Strategies in order to give the software programmers incentives that match the company's goals. If the products meet their Gamma goals, software programmers who have met either their Alpha goals or their Beta goals will be rewarded, but if the products fail to meet their Gamma goals, software programmers will not be rewarded unless they have met both their Alpha goals and their Beta goals. Under this system, which of the following CANNOT be true?

A) A software programmer who has met his or her Alpha goals is not rewarded.

B) A software programmer who has not met his or her Beta goals is rewarded.

C) A software programmer who has met neither his or her Alpha goals nor his or her Beta goals is not rewarded.

D) The company meets its Gamma goals, and a software programmer who meets his or her Alpha goals is not rewarded.

E) The company does not meet its Gamma goals, and a software programmer who meets his or her Beta goals is not rewarded.

Please read the following case to answer Question (50) to Question (55):

Case (Chapter 10):

Tarnofsky: We must become more flexible if we are to meet our personnel needs and maximize efficiency. In the past, we simply hired as many full-time employees as we thought we needed. But this focus has caused us to lose many valuable employees. We should offer flextime and job sharing options to help us keep and attract talented employees.

Robin: Alternatives to traditional job design approaches can lead to significant cost savings. Next year we are expected to have 500 more employees than our current facility allows, but my analysis reveals that 600 of our employees could telecommute. Therefore, we can avoid costly actions such as moving our offices or building extensions if these workers became telecommuters. Job sharing can also reduce facility costs as well as payroll costs.

Problem Set 50:

Tarnofsky and Robin would be most likely to disagree about which of the following questions?

A) Would telecommuting likely lead to cost savings?

B) Does the organization have a moral obligation to offer flextime and job sharing options?

C) If offering a job sharing option would not reduce costs, should the organization still offer it?

D) Would the organization be better able to keep valuable employees if it offered flextime and job sharing options?

E) Are any other organizational structure decisions important for the future of the organization?

Problem Set 51:

Which of the following, if true, would strengthen Tarnofsky's argument?

A) Most of the jobs at the organization do not require the employee to be physically present.

B) Employees tend to believe that employees in nontraditional job arrangements are the most vulnerable to layoffs.

C) Flextime arrangements are more common in service industries than in other industries.

D) The number of employees interested in flextime is higher than the number of employees interested in job sharing.

E) A large number of people with desirable job skills cannot commit to taking full-time positions.

Problem Set 52:

Which of the following is assumed by Robin's argument?

A) Other companies in the organization's industry have encouraged telecommuting.

B) Overcrowding in the company's facilities has gotten worse in recent years.

C) It would not be possible to offer telecommuting and job sharing options to the same employees.

D) The number of employees who currently telecommute is no more than 100.

E) The opportunity to save costs is the only possible justification that upper management will accept.

Please attach the reason and explanation thank you.