When a group of managers gathered for lunch, one remarked that he could no longer take any week-long vacations, because when he returned he routinely had fifty to sixty e-mails from various clients and upper management, and all of them required his immediate attention. The other managers agreed that the volume of e-mail resulted in a major problem for them all. This problem could best be classified as
A) cultural.
B) trust and credibility.
C) information overload.
D) perception.
E) gender differences.

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The problem described is best classified as information overload because the managers are overwhelmed by the high volume of emails that require their immediate attention upon returning from vacation.

When a Group of Managers Gathered for Lunch, One Remarked