Rico, told his subordinate, Gracie not to share an e-mail with anyone because of its proprietary information, but another manager, Nicholas, asked her to forward it to him, saying that Rico approved. Without asking for a written request. Gracie forwarded the e-mail to Nicholas. When Rico found out, he said Gracie was guilty of being insubordinate, refusing to believe her story. What was the disadvantage of the oral communication between Gracie and Nicholas? a. The receiver of oral communication cannot sense the sender's sincerity.
b. Oral communication can lead to spontaneous emotional outbursts.
c. Oral communication provides no scope for direct and immediate feedback.
d. The receiver of oral communication has too much time to think about the message
e. Oral communication allows no scope for a permanent record of the message

The plastic flowerpots company has two manufacturing departments, molding and packaging. at the beginning of the month, the molding department has 2,100 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials. during the month, the molding department started 18,500 units. at the end of the month, the molding department had 3,150 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials. units completed in the molding department are transferred into the packaging department. cost information for the molding department for the month follows: beginning work in process inventory (direct materials) $ 1,300 direct materials added during the month 28,900 using the weighted-average method, compute the molding department's (a) equivalent units of production for materials and (b) cost per equivalent unit of production for materials for the month. (round "cost per equivalent unit of production" to 2 decimal places.)

One of your new suppliers, kim, has been hearing rumors about your firm’s lack of capability to deliver high quality products and writes an email asking you to address the claims being made. in replying to her, you want to be sure that you are very clear and leave no room for misinterpretation. which of the following aspects of effective communication should you give the most attention? (a) making sure you understand kim’s areas of expertise. (b) supporting your reply with relevant data and facts. (c) establishing your credibility as an expert. (d) paying attention to implied communications.

An essential element of being receptive to messages is to have an open mind true or false