The Organizational Grapevine

question 154

Multiple Choice

The organizational grapevine:

• A)transmits information very slowly from higher to lower levels in the organization.
• B)tends to use communication channels that are low in media richness.
• C)ignores social relations among employees in the organization.
• D)helps employees to make sense of their workplace when the information is not available through formal channels.
• E)has all of these characteristics.

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Definitions:

Department Heads

Individuals who lead, manage, and make decisions for specific divisions or departments within an organization.

Grouped Bar Graph

A graphical display used to compare multiple categories of data across different subcategories, using bars grouped together.

Perspective

A particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.

Bar Graphs

Charts that represent data with rectangular bars to show comparisons among categories.