If you were developing an incentive system designed to help drive successful strategy execution at your automotive service and repair business, which compensation and reward system would you most likely adopt?

a$)$ Make the performance payoff a minor, not major, piece of the total compenstion package and administer the rewards on a subjective basis.

b$)$ Create a reward system that involves $50$ percent nonmonetary rewards for nonmanagers only.

c$)$ Tie incentives to performance outcomes that are directly linked to and supportive of good strategy execution and financial performance.

d$)$ Lengthen the time between achieving the target performance outcome and the payment of the reward to sustain performance beyond the short term.