All of the department leaders were on an executive retreat over the weekend with the chief operations officer, Stacey. Stacey presented the companys new operations plan at the retreat. During her presentation, she mentioned that the efficiencies gained through equipment acquisition meant the company is currently overstaffed. Some departments will experience lay-offs sometime in the coming months. The plans for staff reduction arent yet finalized and an official announcement wont be made until a plan is in place. The department leaders dont discuss this with each other, but each informally spreads the word with his or her department on Tuesday. Which type of communication network is this?

Wheel

All channel

Gossip grapevine chain

Cluster grapevine chain

The management by wandering around strategy exposes a manager to information that _________

reflects the views of top management .

come from many source

is mostly inaccurate

relates to employees personal lives