The CEO of peripheral company QuickDrive uses a leadership style that encourages employees to discuss management issues with the CEO and to work together to resolve those issues in a democratic manner. Which of the following statements would the CEO of QuickDrive most likely make?
A) The key to QuickDrive staying on top in a high-tech industry is not wasting time checking out what other firms do, but to act immediately on my directives.
B) In a high-tech business, it is more important to invest in technology than to invest in people.
C) The key to keeping talented employees loyal to QuickDrive is to use a participative management style and treat them with respect, value their ideas, give them the resources they need, and expect great things from them.
D) Spending a lot of money to buy out competitors for their technology is likely to backfire, because QuickDrive is a leader in technology development.

C) The key to keeping talented employees loyal to QuickDrive is to use a participative management style and treat them with respect, value their ideas, give them the resources they need, and expect great things from them.

Explanation:

As for the statement in the question, we can see that the CEO of QuickDrive believes that the ky to success is to engange employees in an active manner.

Employees, instead of being people who only go to work and perform certain tasks, become collaborative with management, taking up the role of management often.

This lack of rigidity and free flow of ideas from top of the company to botton will likely result in a business enviroment that promotes sense of belonging, and rapid adaptation to change.