The group leader often arrives several minutes late to meetings with excuses about workload, telephone calls, or traffic. Today's meeting was scheduled to begin 5 minutes ago and the leader has not arrived. What should the group members do?
1. Call the leader's cell phone to see when arrival is expected.
2. Wait until the leader is 10 minutes late and then cancel the meeting.
3. One of the members should start the meeting.
4. Wait for the leader to arrive.
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Rationale 1: Calling the leader's cell phone reinforces the lateness behavior.
Rationale 2: Canceling the meeting because the leader is late is a passive–aggressive action.
Rationale 3: The work of the committee should not be delayed because the leader is late. One of the members should begin the meeting.
Rationale 4: The work of the committee should not be delayed because the leader is late.
Global Rationale:
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