You are writing a proposal to restructure your department's organizational chart. Your manager was a member of the committee that originally set up the department's current structure. Which purpose statement would be best for a proposal to your manager?
A) The purpose of this proposal is to show how we can reorganize our department to improve our efficiency while keeping intact the values that have allowed us to succeed to this point.
B) The purpose of this proposal is to show how to solve all of our productivity problems and remove all the barriers to effective communication.
C) The purpose of this proposal is to show why it's time for "out with the old and in with the new."
D) The purpose of this proposal is to explain why we have no choice but to scrap our ineffective organizational structure.

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The best purpose statement is one that acknowledges the strengths of the current structure while also identifying areas for improvement. Option A does this by emphasizing the need to maintain the values that have allowed the department to succeed, while also proposing changes to increase efficiency. Options B, C, and D are too confrontational and may be perceived as disrespectful towards the manager's previous contributions to the department's structure.

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