Which of the Following Should Corporate Leaders Do with the Organizational

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following should corporate leaders do with the organizational grapevine?

• A)Try to use the grapevine as a channel of communication from executives to employees as much as possible because of its high speed and low cost
• B)Use the grapevine as a signal of employee anxiety and view it as a valid competitor to the company's formal communication system
• C)Use the grapevine when the communication requires high media richness, but otherwise use meetings when communicating with employees
• D)Make every effort to destroy the grapevine, including firing employees who actively support it
• E)Ignore grapevines as providing more attention to it would increase the speed of grapevine communication

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