For which of the following categories of employees are performance improvement measures like withholding pay increases, demotion, and outplacement ?
a) underutilizers
b) solid performers
c) deadwood
d) nonessential
e) misdirected effort

C

Explanation: The deadwood employee is the one who habitually does the minimum amount to get by, often blaming others or the “system” when there are problems. They may have ‘retired on the job,’ or lost motivation to work, like spreading gossip and rumours somas not to put in the required energy to work or they are just generaaly lazy folks.

A - Underutilizers

Explanation:Underutilizers are those employees that are not working up to their capabilities intellectually. They usually look for ways to avaoid work. That is why employees performance improvement measures for the "underutilizers" are necessary in making them more dedicated and committed in their duties. Example of such measures are demotion, withholding of pay and outplacement.