Ghada's Presentation (Scenario)
Ghada, the CEO of Excalibur Manufacturing Company, had concluded that the company would have to reduce its employee group by 10 percent within the next four weeks due to a decreased demand for the products the company manufactured. She spent over 30 hours preparing charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, and other forms of visual aids for her presentation to the employees about the upcoming reduction in force so that they could understand the reason and feel better about the company.
-By the time that Ghada had finished the presentation to the employees, she had spoken for one and a half hours, shown 14 visual aids, and no one asked a question. The employees were probably dealing with which of the following barriers to effective communications?
A) receiver emotions
B) information overload
C) defensiveness
D) selective perception

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The employees were most likely dealing with information overload, as Ghada had presented a large amount of information in a short amount of time with multiple visual aids. The lack of questions or feedback could indicate that the employees were overwhelmed and unable to fully process and engage with the information presented.

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