Miss Michael was working as a purchase manager in a smallscale company, where raw materials and other products were purchased solely at her discretion. The company was doing very well and the credit was given to Miss Michael for all the progress of the company. Later she got ajoh in a medium scale company with a tumover of about five crore. She was appointed in charge of purchases, and as the procedures of the purchase made by this company were different from those of the previous company, it took her quite some time to get famiar with the procedures of purchase, etc. under her jurisdiction. On one occasion, she has to urgently place an order of raw material worth about two laichs, which was essential for the supply of a timely order. Considering the situation an emergent one, she placed the order without informing, or calling a meeting. Although the order was supplied in time, during the audit it came in for severe criticism, and Miss Michael was given a showcause notice as to why she had taken the decision alone. Miss Michael was very perturbed about the situation and wanted to explain her position to the manager. a} Where did Miss Michael go wrong? h} How can you help her to reply to the showcause notice issued to her?I