You are a department manager. Two members of your staff are long overdue to participate in a professional training course. The training department manager has informed you that she has chosen employees from a different department instead. Relations with the training department are already problematic.

What would you do? Choose the BEST option.

A.

You do not accept the decision and send the training manager a furious e- mail demanding that she re-open the course for your employees as their performance is hindered by the delay in their training. You make sure to cc the executive director.

B.

Since relations between you and the training manager are already strained, you decide to let the subject go this time and wait a few months until the next course opens.

C.

You contact the manager of the other department, whose workers were selected for training instead of your employees. You try to convince him to let one of your employees take the course instead of one of his.

D.

You talk to the training manager and try to understand the reasons for her decision. You explain the necessity of training for your department's performance and try to persuade her to let at least one of your employees attend the course.

Correct answer is D

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