Carl Smith Overheard That Joe Dunn Was Blowing the Whistle

question 146

Multiple Choice

Carl Smith overheard that Joe Dunn was blowing the whistle on managers at XYZ Company and that a full story would appear in Sunday's paper. Carl quickly alerted the managers, who were able to stop the newspaper from printing the article. This is an example of managers'

• A) ignoring the grapevine.
• B) involving the grapevine as a useless communication network.
• C) trying to eliminate the grapevine.
• D) using the grapevine as a managerial tool.
• E) reducing the credibility of information from the grapevine.

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