"Flo" of Communication (Scenario)
Recently the employees of Chatterbox Enterprises, Inc. received a letter from the vice-president of operations explaining that a new production facility would be built in Chatland, Ontario. It was also stated that about one-fourth of the employees from the current Chatland facility would be transferred to the new facility, and if an employee wanted to volunteer for the transfer, they could do so by applying at the human resources office. Sam, a production supervisor, first went to Florence, a purchasing manager who had already volunteered to transfer, to discuss the possibility of becoming her inventory control supervisor at the new facility. Florence told Sam that Ruth, the current inventory control supervisor, would not be transferring and that she would consider his request.
-When Sam went to the human resources office and applied to transfer to the new facility,he was participating in which type of organizational communication?
A)formal
B)downward
C)lateral
D)informal

Question

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The communication regarding the new production facility and employee transfers was sent out by the vice-president of operations, indicating that it was a formal communication from the top-down. Sam's application to transfer through the human resources office is also a formal process.