Which of the following, if true, strengthens the Kryptos CEO’s argumen

QUESTION

Which of the following, if true, strengthens the Kryptos CEO’s argument?

A) Mergers are more common in the financial services industry than in many other industries.
B) Mergers are easier to execute when the merged organizations have similar corporate cultures.
C) At Kryptos, accounting, operations, and human resources are among the departments that already have the capacity to serve a much larger organization.
D) Overcoming resistance to change by using threats and other forms of coercion is usually considered only after all other options have been tried.
E) Kryptos offers employees the opportunity to serve for a year or more in overseas offices.

ANSWER

Answer: C
Explanation: C) If news is clearly bad, then trying to claim that it’s good can just make the situation worse. If Choice C is true, and the Kryptos departments can serve the merged company by themselves, then the merged company will have a real opportunity to get rid of workers at Domino Grace. That could be good for the company but bad for the workers. So Choice C slants things toward force as a method to overcome change. Choice A is too vague, saying nothing about Domino Grace or Kryptos. Choice B doesn’t help because we don’t know anything about the similarity of the cultures here. Choice D says that threats and force are a last resort, but Choice D doesn’t help us decide if they are appropriate here. Choice E suggests that the merger may not be so bad, which would make force less necessary.