Selecting Communication Channels

Your Task.
Using Figure, suggest the best communication channels for the following messages. Assume that all channels shown are available. Be prepared to explain your choices.
a. You want to know what team members are available immediately for quick teleconference meeting. They are all workaholics and stuck to their computers.
b. As a manager during a company reorganization, you must tell nine workers that they their employment is being terminated.
c. You need to know whether Thomas in Reprographics can produce a rush job for you in two days.
d. Members of your product development team need a central location where each one can see general information about the job as well as add comments for others to see.
e. A prospective client in Italy wants price quotes for a number of your products—pronto!
f. As assistant to the vice president, you are to investigate the possibility of developing internship programs with several nearby colleges and universities.
g. You must respond to a notice from the Internal Revenue Service insisting that you did not pay the correct amount for last quarter’s employer’s taxes.