If, for example you know that the human resources director always has a management meeting on Monday morning, you might be wise to ensure that the director receives the report about widener on Wednesday on Wednesday or Thursday. That timing would permit the director to dispose of tasks related to the previous Monday’s management meeting and give full attention to the report. Appropriate timing would allow the director to consider appropriate action, including what-if anything-about the case should be discussed at the next management meeting. Or assume that toy decide to give widener a final oral warning before reporting her absences and erratic performance. The appropriate place and time for that warning would in your office or at Widener’s work station immediately after you observe her breakdown in performance-not at her annual review several months later