Carol has worked for centrum springs, inc., for many years and has now been given the opportunity to advance in the company. her manager is retiring and hopes that carol will take over for him. however, even though carol is an experienced employee, there are many things that she still needs to learn. carol has trained many new employees, but she has never held a management position. carol needs to have a general understanding of what it takes to be a manager. there are many problems in carol's department. there are no plans to fall back on in case the initial plan fails. carol also will need to learn how to direct people in such a way that makes them want to do more than they absolutely have to. carol feels that this is a great opportunity, and she is anxious to learn everything to be a great manager. she knows that if she performs well in this position, she will have the opportunity to move up the corporate ladder. refer to centrum springs, inc. when carol learns all that it takes to be a manager, she will be involved in
a. marketing, planning, hiring, and training.
b. controlling, organizing, planning, and leading.
c. leading, motivating, hiring, and firing.
d. planning, controlling, leading, and motivating.
e. leading, motivating, training, and organizing.

1. revising for conciseness - eliminating flabby expressions,limiting long lead-ins, and dropping unnecessary fillerstime is money in any business environment. people want information communicated quickly and clearly. to make your writing more concise and understandable, avoid flabby expressions, long lead-ins, and unnecessary fillers. your audience will appreciate your brevity.1. if your writing contains a flabby expression like in view of the fact that, replace it with the word because / although / probably .for each of the following two sentences, choose the best revision.2. i am sending you this letter to inform you that we have experienced an unexpected surprise within our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we will solve it.1) we need to inform you that we have experienced an unexpected surprise with our expense sheet, but we are midway to an end result.2) we have identified a problem with our expense sheet, but we will solve it.3) i am sending you this letter to inform you that we have a problem with our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we have a solution.3. it is the user who should contact the center.1) everyone knows that it is the user who should contact the center.2) the user should contact the center.3) if there is a problem, the user should contact the center.read the following passage, and then answer the question.[1] you scheduled seven conference calls for this morning between 10 and 11 a.m. [2] generally, the company limits the number of conference calls to three per hour. [3] i’m letting you know that in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.4. which revision limits the long lead-in in sentence 3? 1) in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.2) i’m letting you know so that in the future we are more careful about scheduling calls.3) so that you know in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.