"Hey, Boss, I Heard on the Office Grapevine That the Company

question 99

Multiple Choice

"Hey, boss, I heard on the office grapevine that the company is up for sale. What have you heard?" asked Ulysses. "That's absolutely false," said Andrew. "I know for a fact that one of our competitors planted that rumor. I need to neutralize that rumor." Why does Andrew believe that he needs to neutralize the rumor?

• A) The grapevine is a formal communications network that should be under management control.
• B) The grapevine cannot teach employees how to do their work successfully.
• C) The grapevine can be destructive when erroneous misinformation proliferates and harms operations.
• D) The grapevine, as an informal communications network, does not provide information or solve problems.
• E) The grapevine, like all informal communications networks, must be suppressed.

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