Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports recommending i

QUESTION

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports recommending increased mentoring and coaching as a cost-effective solution?

A) The activity can be carried out through teamwork so that participants can continue their normal activities with only brief interruptions for feedback.
B) Managers and supervisors at Mini-Glee often complain that subordinates do not have adequate math and reading/writing skills.
C) Most Fortune 500 companies have a mentoring program.
D) Mini-Glee’s upper management differs considerably in gender and ethnicity from the workforce at lower levels.
E) Longtime employees stress that decisions can’t be made effectively without an intuitive knowledge of institutional history.

ANSWER

Answer: A
Explanation: A) Matching up a more experienced worker with a newer one allows the two to collaborate directly, rather than requiring either to take a break from their immediate work. So Choice A is correct: both parties can learn from each other while continuing to make progress with their workloads. Choice E also supports mentoring as beneficial in sharing institutional history but does not address whether doing so is cost effective. The fact that mentoring is widely used (Choice C) does not show that it would be cost effective in this case. Choice D also presents a possible problem, as mentoring is most effective when the partners share gender/ethnic identity. Basic skills in math and language (Choice B) can easily be taught through Web learning.