問題文
A manager generates a management summary and it states that a cost overrun was "significant" without naming a figure, while the source review gives the exact amount. Why is this a problem for a summary intended for a decision?
選択肢
- Using a qualitative word instead of the number is a fabrication, because the word "significant" is a judgment that appears nowhere in the source review and the summary is therefore asserting something the material does not say.
- A management summary must keep the information the decision depends on, so dropping the figure removes the basis for the decision and nobody reading the summary can tell whether the overrun was tolerable at all.
- The summary is fine as long as the source review is attached to the same meeting invitation, since anyone who needs the exact amount can open the review and find it in the section the summary is drawn from.
- Management summaries should not carry detailed figures, so the manager should keep the qualitative wording and also remove the exact amount from the source review to make sure the two documents do not contradict each other.