You are the general manager of a large car dealership in Chicago. Although your dealership narrowly escaped being closed last year, car and truck sales are still down. To remain profitable, you will need to cut the dealership's budget by 20 percent. Before you decide how and where to make the cuts, you want to have a meeting of all employees to share information about the dealership's financial situation. You hope that this meeting will help you gain the employees' support and prepare them for the difficult decisions the dealership will have to make in the next few months. You draft a message to all employees. The message contains an outline of the circumstances, and it also contains detailed financial information about the current situation. In the message, you also call a company meeting for Friday at 11:30 a.m. Which is the most likely purpose for your message to the employees? To persuade older employees to take early retirement To provide background information and prepare them for the meeting To motivate employees to work harder