Question

Carl smith overheard tha Joe Dunn was blowing the whistle on managers at XYZ Company and that a full story would appear in Sunday’s paper. Carl quixkly alerted themanagers, who were able to stop the news paper from printing the article. This is an example of managers’;
1-using the grapvine as a managerial tool.
2-reducing the credibility of information from the grapvine
3-trying to eliminate the grapevine
4-involving the grapevine as a useless communication network
5-ignoring the grapvine

Answer 1

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1-using the grapvine as a managerial tool.

To hear something through the grapevine is to learn of something informally and unofficially by means of gossip and rumor. In this case, managementuses these gossip to make a business decision, thus usint the grapevine as a managerial tool.