When Are Decision Makers Unlikely to Take Your Report Seriously

question 67

Multiple Choice

When are decision makers unlikely to take your report seriously and feel comfortable acting on it?

• A)When you combine information from various sources in novel and insightful ways
• B)When you use direct quotations or verbatim restatements from another source
• C)When you do not provide clear connections between facts, conclusions, and recommendations
• D)When you express in your own words the idea of the original speaker
• E)When you weave together information from less than three sources

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