I see that the training event scheduled for the end of the month is no

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E-mail from Human Resources Manager to Event Coordinator

I see that the training event scheduled for the end of the month is now a full-day event. From what the presenters tell me, we have at least six, and possibly seven, hours of content that people need to absorb. While I’m glad it’s going to be a valuable day, I’m worried about people’s ability to sustain attention that long. What are we doing about giving them breaks? And what about lunch? Our on-site cafeteria can’t handle that volume of people, but if we release people to go off-site for lunch, we’ll need to give them a longer lunch break, and that cuts into time we need for programming. What are your current plans?E-mail from Event Coordinator to Human Resources Manager

Our schedule calls for a keynote to begin the day, a series of breakout sessions throughout the day, and a final plenary session to end the event. I’m sending the draft schedule for your review. We’ve arranged for box lunches. Our campus has plenty of outdoor seating, and the weather is generally dependable, so people can pick up a lunch and get out of doors. They’ll have a break from the meeting rooms but won’t be far afield, so there should be less wasted time. There are also two shorter breaks, one in the morning after the keynote and one just before the plenary session.E-mail from Human Resources Manager to Event Coordinator

Thanks for sending the schedule. It gave me a much clearer idea of how the event will run. I like the idea of the box lunch, but what if the weather doesn’t cooperate? Do we have adequate indoor spaces for people to congregate? They need to get out of the meeting rooms and be able to interact a bit more. The plan for a morning and an afternoon break sounds good, but I’d make a couple of suggestions. Let’s move the afternoon break earlier, between the two afternoon breakouts. At the end of the day, we want to move people into the final session and wrap up. Also, if the caterers can handle it, let’s have the coffee (or whatever refreshments you’ve planned) in multiple locations,
perhaps a small setup in each breakout room. That may help traffic move to the correct rooms and keep us running on time. Data Insights (DI) Butler 2023-24       Click here for Details ]

Iwillget770 · Answer

chetan2u ,

In case of Question 1 for sub-question 1
 
I chose No, But the Answer is YES.

Though I can understand that human resource manager's concern can be understood by the statement:
 While I’m glad it’s going to be a valuable day, I’m worried about people’s ability to sustain attention that long.

But where has event co-ordinator shown concern ? I cannot pinpoint the exact sentence .

Regards

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

1. Consider each of the following statements. Does the information in the three sources support the inference as stated?

Explanation

Statement 1:  The HR manager raises the concern about the need for breaks, and the event coordinator responds with a schedule that provides for attendees to move to new locations several times during the day.

Anwer: Yes

Statement 2:  Although the HR manager expresses concern that an off-site lunch would take more time away from the presentation, he does not mention a fear of attendees leaving early.

Answer: No

Statement 3:  The box lunches are proposed specifically to allow attendees to move out of the building and have time away from the presentations.

Answer: No

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

2. Consider each of the following statements. Does the information in the three sources support the inference as stated?

Explanation

Statement 1:  The HR manager proposes coffee stations in each room as a method to keep people moving promptly from room to room.

Answer: Yes

Statement 2:  No indication is given about the size of the facility in general. The HR manager expresses concern about the cafeteria being unable to handle the volume, a large number of people looking for lunch at the same time, but there is no mention of conference rooms being too small.

Answer: No

Fish181 · Answer

Pt. 2 "Keeping the event running on schedule is a priority for the HR manager."

Someone tell me why this is a priority for the HR manager? She doesn't even mention it in her first email. It sounds like she's prioritizing employees' ability to absorb information than running on schedule. Am I crazy?

nsbcak · Answer

Fish181 , see tab 3's last sentence. The manager is concerned about the program's running on time.

ADisHere · Answer

I agree to this, 
it is nowhere given that event coordinator agrees that sitting in one room for the entire day is not the ideal way for people to learn.
He has just proposed the schedule and arrangements that he has done

his agreement/disagreement is not stated.

Someone should check the answer

Yes	No
		The event coordinator and the human resources manager agree that sitting in one room for the entire day is not the ideal way for people to learn.
		The human resources manager is concerned that attendees will leave before the end of the event if they are allowed to leave the facility for lunch.
		Providing participants with box lunches will cost less than providing a sit-down lunch and allow training to continue while people eat.

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		Keeping the event running on schedule is a priority for the HR manager.
		The facility in which the training will take place is not an adequate size for the number of people attending.

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