You Are a Manager of a Team of 50 Professionals

question 31

Multiple Choice

You are a manager of a team of 50 professionals. One particular professional persists in accusing you of having your priorities out of order. Since the planning activity you do often is not urgent, this particular professional tries to undermine the activity. What would be best for you to do?

• A) Meet the professional at the door each time you see him coming
• B) Move the professional to another team so you don't have to manage him
• C) Clarify your core principles and make them public
• D) Hold meetings with him only at the end of the day

---

Definitions:

Modus Ponens

A logical argument form where if a conditional statement ("if p then q") and its antecedent (p) are true, then the consequent (q) is also true.

Antecedent

In logic and grammar, the antecedent is the preceding clause, phrase, or word to which another word, particularly a pronoun, refers back.

Pure Hypothetical

A speculative statement or proposition that is considered in abstraction from any particular instance or factual situation.

Premise

An initial statement or proposition from which other statements are derived or reasoned out.