A Department Head Plans to Send a Memo to the Employees

question 125

Multiple Choice

A department head plans to send a memo to the employees in her department outlining some changes in the company's personnel policies. She believes that most employees will view the changes in a very favourable light. Given this perception, what should she do?

• A) Take full credit for the changes, even though they were actually developed by human resource managers.
• B) Devote the first few paragraphs to a detailed discussion of the rationale for the new policies before actually describing them.
• C) Include other more controversial topics in the same memo because the good news about personnel policies will put the employees in a better mood to deal with such issues.
• D) Describe the policy changes at the beginning of the memo.

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