The meetings between the vice presidents to discuss the contents of the memo from the CEO are examples of
A) Downward communication.
B) Upward communication.
C) Horizontal communication.
D) Management by objectives.
E) Vertical communication.

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Much information needs to be shared among people on the same hierarchical level. Such horizontal communication can take place among people in the same work team or in different departments. Because the other members of the project teams sent the memos to each other, they were communicating horizontally because they are all on the same hierarchical level.

The Meetings Between the Vice Presidents to Discuss the Contents