Business Is Booming! Out of Excitement,you Sent Out a Memo

question 1

Multiple Choice

Business is booming! Out of excitement,you sent out a memo which told everyone that you would be giving everyone vacations once this quarter's sales figures were posted on August 1st.Subsequently,everyone in your department planned a vacation for August 1st through the 7th.What was wrong with your message?

• A)the who: you did not send the message to the correct people
• B)the how: you did not encode your message correctly of when the vacations would be
• C)the when: you did not send the message at the right time
• D)the where: you did not send the message in the correct setting

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