Question $12(1$ point$)$

You are the sales manager for a company that sells many types and sizes of rock and gravel to construction, landscaping, and retail clients. Because the profit margins are razor$-$thin, you need to ensure that you are getting the very best prices from the quarries. When reviewing the quarterly profit statement, you realize that your costs are higher than they should be$,$ and you trace the higher costs back to an employee who has been lax about getting competitive bids to ensure the lowest prices. To enact the controlling management function, what would you do next?

determine which employee$($s$)$ should be responsible for purchasing, and reorder the workflow to better accomplish the work

give an inspirational speech to motivate the employee to improve her effort on

determine the reason for the higher costs, and take action to bring those costs down

redirect the strategic goals of the business to begin selling power tools