A well$-$designed reward structure

A$)$ is important because high levels of employee job satisfaction are such powerful contributors to the organizational energy needed to drive fast, competent implementation of new strategy initiatives.

B$)$ is an important contributor to successful strategy execution because attractive compensation opportunities are essential to making the company a great place to work and thereby helping the company attract and retain talented employees.

C$)$ is management's single most powerful tool for mobilizing organizational energy and commitment to meeting or beating specified performance targets.

D$)$ helps enable better strategy execution because the opportunity to receive attractively large rewards and incentives boosts employee morale and job security and lowers employee turnover.

E$)$ is important to successful strategy execution because a company cannot achieve competitively low labor costs unless its employees are fairly and equitably compensated for diligently performing their assigned duties.