You are a desk officer at the General Secretariat of the Council preparing a briefing note for the incoming Presidency on a contentious agriculture regulation. You have drafted a ten-page technical note. Your director has asked you to reduce it to a two-page executive summary for ministers who will only have fifteen minutes to read before the AGRIFISH Council. A legal affairs colleague argues that omitting the detailed legal footnotes would be irresponsible and could expose the Presidency to procedural challenge. You need to finalise the document by end of day.
Quelle réaction est la PLUS efficace ?
Pourquoi c'est la réaction la plus efficace
Response C demonstrates the strongest communication competency: it proactively surfaces the tension between two legitimate stakeholder needs, brings the relevant parties together, and crafts a solution that addresses both the minister's time constraint and the legal officer's risk concern — showing audience awareness, clarity of purpose, and collaborative communication.
Pourquoi c'est la réaction la moins efficace
Response D ignores the director's explicit instruction, makes an unilateral assumption that advisers will compensate for the communication failure, and shows no adaptation to the audience. It is the least effective because it fundamentally disregards the purpose of the communication task.
Les autres réactions
Response A is well-structured and practical but handles the legal concern unilaterally rather than engaging the colleague. Response B shows creative thinking but does not fully comply with the director's clear instruction for a standalone two-page document, and may still overwhelm the target audience.
