Question

Nikolai knows that what his boss has asked him to do is not in the best interest of the company. He also knows that if he does not do what he was asked to do, he will be written up and put on disciplinary action. He decides instead to do what his boss wants, just slower than his boss may have liked. Nikolai is using the principle of____________.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter "D": if all else fails, slow the spread of bad practice.

Step-by-step explanation:

Evidence-based management is an approach by which decisions are made critically thinking. This practice has the following principles: treat your organization as an unfinished prototype; no brag, just facts; see yourself and your organization as outsiders do; evidence‐based management is not just for senior executives; like everything else, you still need to sell evidenced‐based management; if all else fails, slow the spread of bad practices; and questioning what happens when people fail?

In front of a problematic situation, the "if all else fails, slow the spread of bad practices" is used when the outcome of an action is likely to be negative but represents a command typically given in a principal-agent relationship. Thus, the agent performs what was requested as slow as possible in an attempt of avoiding an abrupt reaction.

Answer 2

if all else fails, slow the spread of bad practice.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this scenario Nikolai knows that what his boss asked of him is wrong, and maybe for some reason he is unable to report the boss. For example if the boss has close relationship with the management it could lead to Nikolai losing his job.

As no there option is open to Nikolai the next best option will be to slow the spread of bad practice.

This is a delay tactic that can be used to reduce the impact of the bad practice pending when an action can be taken to avoid it altogether.