Multiple choice

You are a senior manager in a multinational company. An important meeting with the distributor is scheduled at 11 A.M. But when you reach the office at 9:30 AM, you find that the two of your subordinates whom you had entrusted the work of making arrangements for meeting haven’t turned up and they haven’t made the necessary arrangements either. In such a situation you would

  1. Call your subordinates on their mobile phone, seek their explanation and threaten them with dire consequences

  2. Immediately write a letter seeking their explanation in writing and also report in writing the matter to the H.R. division

  3. Borrow some workers from one of your colleagues division and yourself make the necessary preparation with the help of those workers

  4. Adjourn the meeting to afternoon so that you are not under undue pressure for making arrangements
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

2.5 marks for Option (c) 1.5 marks for Option (d) 0 marks for Option (a) or (b) Rationale/ Reasoning (c) The immediate task at hand is organising the meeting for which participants are shortly to arrive. Hence Option (c) is the best course of action. (d) Adjourning the meeting to afternoon would waste the time of participants/throw their schedule off track. As such Option (d) is not the best course of action. (a) & (b) Reprimanding or seeking the explanation of subordinates may be essential for disciplining them. But these are tasks of not immediate urgency (which organising the meeting is) and can be undertaken afterwards. Principle/Values Tested Ability to identify the key issue and take appropriate action

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