The human resource department of winston memorial hospital has played a leading role in the hospital become a high-performance work system. recently, the team has been focusing on the organization's performance management. which of the following efforts would most directly ensure that performance management supports the development of a high-performance work system?
a. ensuring the confidentiality of the organization's primary objectives
b. making sure employees know how their work contributes to the hospital's mission
c. identifying and hiring people who are enthusiastic about and able to contribute to teamwork
d. preventing organizational culture from influencing employees' behaviors
e. developing the hospital's talent to move into positions of greater responsibility

Aplant manager is considering buying additional stamping machines to accommodate increasing demand. the alternatives are to buy 1 machine, 2 machines, or 3 machines. the profits realized under each alternative are a function of whether their bid for a recent defense contract is accepted or not. the payoff table below illustrates the profits realized (in $000's) based on the different scenarios faced by the manager. alternative bid accepted bid rejected buy 1 machine $10 $5 buy 2 machines $30 $4 buy 3 machines $40 $2 refer to the information above. assume that based on historical bids with the defense contractor, the plant manager believes that there is a 65% chance that the bid will be accepted and a 35% chance that the bid will be rejected. what is the expected value under perfect information (evpi)?