Answer:
D) often influenced by factors that are beyond the employee's control.
Explanation:
When a company defines good or bad performance only based on results, it may not be seeing the whole picture. Sometimes results are influenced by factors that are beyond an employee's control.
For example, a client wants to buy a car but his credit score is so low that he cannot get a car loan. Or a manufacturer has excess inventories because their distributors' sales decreased due to an increase in gross margins.