Consider the request below:

Our department is short-staffed right now, as a number of employees were selected to participate in the current training program. This has coincided with a flood of paperwork that we must complete by the end of the week to fulfill the new compliance requirements. Without some divine intervention, our team won't be able to make this month's regularly scheduled meeting.

-This request ________.
A)uses indirect organization
B)is organized directly
C)uses organizational misdirection
D)places details after the statement of request
E)gets to the point quickly and lets the audience know why they are reading the message

Question

Consider the request below:

Our department is short-staffed right now, as a number of employees were selected to participate in the current training program. This has coincided with a flood of paperwork that we must complete by the end of the week to fulfill the new compliance requirements. Without some divine intervention, our team won't be able to make this month's regularly scheduled meeting.

-This request ________.
A)uses indirect organization
B)is organized directly
C)uses organizational misdirection
D)places details after the statement of request
E)gets to the point quickly and lets the audience know why they are reading the message

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A) The message opens with a couple of statements detailing the reason why the department is too busy to make the monthly meeting. When the details precede the request, indirect organization is being used.

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