You are writing a proposal to restructure your department's organizational chart. Your manager was a member of the committee that originally set up the department's current structure. Which purpose statement would be best for a proposal to your manager?
a. the purpose of this proposal is to show how we can reorganize our department to improve our efficiency while keeping intact the values that have allowed us to succeed to this point.
b. the purpose of this proposal is to show how to slove all of our productivity problems and remove all the barriers to effective communication.
c. the purpose of this proposal is to show why it's time for "out with the old and in with the new."
d. the purpose of this proposal is to explain why we have no choice but to scrap our ineffective organizational structure.

a. the purpose of this proposal is to show how we can reorganize our department to improve our efficiency while keeping intact the values that have allowed us to succeed to this point.

Explanation:

If you are writing a restructuring proposal, it means that you have mapped out points that can be improved in your department. However, the organizational structures of firms can rarely be changed drastically. What are usually applicable are the policies for improving processes, so that they become more and more efficient. This applies in general, but especially if you are going to propose changes to a structure that was designed by a superior of yours, who probably has more experience than you. Thus, you must present a restructuring project that identifies points to be improved, that proposes alternatives for improvement, but that maintains the values policy that was instituted by your manager. In this way, your manager will see your contribution as adding value to the structure and your work will be valued.