Blake is a manager at a sporting goods store and needs to fill an open position for an assistant manager. Austin works in the store as a sales associate and Blake thinks he would be perfect for the job. Why might Blake be hesitant about promoting Austin and giving him the job?

a. If Blake promotes Austin, it will decrease the morale of the other employees.
b. Blake will almost certainly find better applicants if he looks outside the company.
c. If Blake promotes Austin, it will leave another vacancy to fill.
d. It will cost more money to promote Austin than it will to find an employee through outside sources.
e. If Blake promotes Austin, his productivity and morale will decrease.

To begin with, in the case that a vacancy is available in the company and that its manager needs to find a person for the job then the most probable thing to do is to look for someone through outside sources due to the fact that even though it might cost as well as promoting Austin, the fact of just promoting him will cause the fact of rising his wage and also looking for someone new to cover his old job and therefore to pay another one again. That is why, that instead of falling into two different actions it is better to just look for someone new.