The General Manager (Scenario)

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The General Manager (Scenario)
Jamal is the general manager of a production facility. In a routine day, Jamal might meet with city officials or civic leaders about environmental issues, due to the plants presence in the community. After these meetings, he will then meet with the plant's functional managers to discuss the concerns expressed by the city representatives. Other times, Jamal might meet with the production manager, Basma, and the human resource manager, Rana, to discuss a complaint filed by one of the employees in a production department. Jamal might also spend time on the Internet looking for new technologies that can be used in the production processes of his plant.
-When Jamal meets with the functional managers to share with them the results of the meeting with city officials or civic leaders, he is performing which management role?

• A) disturbance handler
• B) negotiator
• C) liaison
• D) disseminator

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Definitions:

Private Contracts

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