Which of the following is correct? a. Over the last 100 years Japan had a higher average growth rate than the United States. It follows that, today, the standard of living in Japan is higher than in the United States. b. The typical person in Bangladesh today has about twice the real income of a typical American 100 years ago. c. The typical citizen of China today has about one-half as much real income as the typical citizen of America today. d. None of the above is correct.

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?