Your Task Decide whether the following messages need to be communicated orally or in writing. After consulting the media richness diagram in Figure $1\mathrm{.}9,$ consider how rich the medium must be in each communication situation to convey the message most appropriately and reliably. You may want to choose channels such as e$-$mail, letter, report, texting, instant messaging, telephone call, live chat, teleconferencing, face$-$to$-$face conversation, or team meeting. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of each choice.

a$.$ As a junior sales assistant, you are expected to join your division sales manager at company headquarters, where you both must attend an important meeting. It looks as though you will be at least $15$ minutes late. What to do$?$

b$.$ Working at $8$ a$.$m$.$ in your Philadelphia office, you need to get in touch with your counterpart at your company's San Diego office and ask a few clarifying formatting questions about a report on which the two of you are collaborating.

c$.$ Axel, the information technology vice president, must tell employees about a new company social media policy. He has two employees in mind who particularly need this information.

d$.$ As soon as possible, you need to learn from Callie in the Imaging Department whether she can make copies of a set of architectural blueprints. If she cannot, you need her advice on where you can get it done.