After reading Chapter $16,$ "Managerial Communication" please answer ONLY ONE of the questions below. You may use an example from a real$-$life situation you've found in an online article, and give your own perspective on how you would act in that case. Make sure you cite at least $1$ article. In addition to your thread, you are required to reply to the threads of at least two classmates. Replies must be at least a full sentence or paragraph in length.

Ginni Rometty is the CEO of IBM. Shortly after taking on the role of CEO and being frustrated by the progress and sales performance, Rometty released a five$-$minute video to all $400,000$ plus IBM employees criticizing the lack of securing deals to competitors and lashed out at the sales organization for poor sales in the preceding quarter. Six months later, Rometty sent another critical message, this time via e$-$mail. How effective will the video and e$-$mail be in communicating with employees? How should she follow up to these messages?

Social media, such as Facebook, is now widespread. Place yourself as a manager that has just received a "friend" request from one of your direct reports. Do you accept, reject, or ignore the request? Why, and what additional communication would you have regarding this with the