There is wisdom in a middle$-$ground approach where designing strategy$-$facilitating policies and operating procedures is concerned: Prescribe enough policies to give organization members clear direction and to place reasonable boundaries on their actions, then empower them to act within these boundaries in pursuit of company goals.

Answer the following question:

A useful guideline in designing strategy$-$facilitating policies and operating procedures is

Question $6$ options:

a$)$

to prescribe enough policies to give organizational members clear direction in implementing strategy and to place reasonable boundaries on their actions. This empowers them to act within these boundaries in pursuit of company goals.

b$)$

that strictly enforced policies work better than loosely enforced policies.

c$)$

that more policies$/$procedures work better than fewer policies$/$procedures$,$ and that strict enforcement always beats lax enforcement.

d$)$

to let individuals act in an empowered and self$-$directed way, subject only to the constraint that their actions and behavior be ethical and in step with the corporate culture.

e$)$

to prescribe enough policies and procedures that little is left to chance in performing value chain activities, and employees should have no leeway to do things in a manner that deviates from the company's best$-$practices standard.