A shoe manufacturing company produced 300,000 pairs of shoes at the end of a certain month. If the need for action was 150,000 pairs of shoes, calculate the desired performance using the control equation.

A) 650,000
B) 150,000
C) 250,000
D) 450,000
E) 750,000

The control equation is Desired Performance = Actual Performance + Deviation. In this case, the actual performance is 300,000 pairs of shoes produced, and the deviation is 150,000 pairs (since the need for action was 150,000 pairs). Thus, Desired Performance = 300,000 + 150,000 = 450,000 pairs. Therefore, the answer is D.