At a company meeting, the general manager announces: "From now on, I will personally make every decision, big or small. Discussion wastes time; fast execution is true efficiency." Initially, orders are executed quickly. Projecting the chain of consequences several months later, which option is most accurate?

Answer: A

• AEmployees, finding that suggesting is useless, gradually fall silent; bad news is concealed, and information becomes increasingly closed off.✓ Correct. This is standard second- and third-level projection: dissent proves futile → employees stop expressing genuine opinions → bad news is hidden and risks go unmentioned, leaving the organization paying for brains but using only hands and feet.
• BEmployees feel a greater sense of accomplishment due to faster execution, and the number of proactively reported issues actually increases.✗ Incorrect. This is an extension of first-level logic: it assumes obedience automatically translates into positive feedback, overlooking that the incentive that 'offering opinions is useless or even risky' suppresses proactive reporting.
• CThe general manager's decision-making speed increases, and the quality of company decisions improves accordingly in the long run.✗ Incorrect. This equates speed with quality, seeing only the direct result of quick decisions; when information channels dry up and bad news is concealed, decision quality only continues to decline.
• DTo prove their abilities, employees become more daring in publicly opposing the general manager's decisions.✗ Incorrect. This contradicts the incentive direction in the stem: when opposition is ignored or even punished, the cost of open dissent rises, so employees become more silent, not more outspoken.