Consider the message 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. So without some divine intervention, our team won't be able to make it to this month's regularly scheduled meeting.
-This message ________.
A) uses indirect organization
B) gets to the point quickly and lets the audience know why they are reading the message
C) is a claim request
D) places details after the statement of request
E) is organized directly

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

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

Consider the Message Below