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A junior accountant is paired with a senior finance manager from another department who offers career advice, shares experience and acts as a role model over two years, without being the junior's line manager. This arrangement is best described as:

This is mentoring. A more experienced manager outside the line reporting chain gives the junior long-term career advice, shares experience and acts as a role model, which differs from job rotation, classroom teaching or an appraisal interview.

  1. AMentoringCorrect
  2. BJob rotation
  3. CFormal classroom instruction
  4. DAppraisal interview

Explanation

Mentoring is a longer-term supportive relationship with a more experienced person, often outside the line management chain, giving advice and role modelling. Job rotation moves staff between roles, and the others are not ongoing developmental relationships.

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