Question

In this part of the question paper there are 15 questions based on Decision Making. In each question there is given a situation. Read the given circumstances carefully and mark the option which is most appropriate action can be taken to the best of your knowledge. There is no penalty for the wrong answer to these 15 questions.
Q73. Balram, General Manager, Finance, urgently required the details of a transaction. As other officials were waya, Vishnu, junior accountant, rushes with the details. Balram refuses to be briefed by a junior accountant. Was Balram’s reactions justified?

• A. a) One cannot expect senior officers to take briefing from very junior functionaries
  
• B. b) The junior accountant should have waited for a senior officer.
• C. c) As the general manager wanted factual information urgently, he should have obtained it from the junior accountant without bothering about official rank.
• D. d) If Balram based himself on information given by junior accountant, he could be misled

Answer 1

The correct option is C c) As the general manager wanted factual information urgently, he should have obtained it from the junior accountant without bothering about official rank.

So long as the information is accurate; it can be taken from any level in an organization. Often, the formal lines of hierarchy have to be ignored for speep and efficiency.