Terence, a store manager at Imperial Office Supply Incorporated, received an email from Martin, the chief financial officer for the company. Terence read through the email and interpreted the information that required him to give an update on the sales of the month. Though the sales figures at Terence$$s location were not satisfactory, he did not want to disappoint Martin by revealing the true situation, so he told him that the store was meeting or exceeding revenue goals according to all of the relevant metrics. Terence then decided to discuss the current problem with the sales manager and get her feedback.

Given the fact that Terence needs to discuss a difficult situation with his sales manager$$the poor financial performance of their store$$the best communication channel for such a conversation would be a$($n$)$

Multiple Choice

telephone conversation.

face$-$to$-$face meeting.

email message.

text message.

videoconference.