AGTIVITY 1 CASE STUDY: ELMART Roberto Navarro is the Regional Manager of ELMart, a Spanish supermarket chain. He is responsible for the performance of six stores in southern Spain. Table 16.1 contains financial information about the performance of the stores in May 2016. The table has been sent to the finance director who is writing a report for a board meeting. \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline & MALAGA & MADRID & CADIZ & JEREZ & NERJA & SEVILLE & TOTAL \\ \hline Turnover & 98500 & 133400 & 87600 & 94900 & 76900 & 83400 & 574700 \\ \hline Profit & 23200 & 34600 & 21400 & 19700 & -1200 & 16800 & 114500 \\ \hline \end{tabular} 1 Who is the sender of the information in this example? 2 What is meant by vertical communication? (Use an example from the case study.) 3 What sort of information is being sent in this example? 4 Why is upward communication helpful?
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