Scenario A

question 144

Multiple Choice

Scenario A. The local Ace Hardware Store manager has several decisions she has to make as the week begins. She always comes in early on Mondays to sift through the paperwork on her desk and decide what needs to be done for the week and in which order. The decisions facing her this week are:
1. determining which sales representatives to see this week to place orders.
2. providing a report to the owner detailing her opinion of whether or not she should purchase several more Ace locations that are for sale in the area.
3. interviewing applicants for two open part-time positions and hiring them.
4. providing input to the owner on a possible upgrade to the checkout technology currently in use.

-The decisions in Scenario A can best be classified as either

• A)risky or non-risky.
• B)programmed or nonprogrammed.
• C)easy or difficult.
• D)necessary or not necessary.
• E)certain or uncertain.

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Definitions:

Middle-Income DVCs

Developing countries that have achieved a certain level of GDP per capita, falling between low-income and high-income thresholds, if DVCs is taken to mean Developing Countries.

Farm Labor

The workforce engaged in agricultural activities, including planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, as well as raising livestock.

Demographic Transition

The massive decline in birth rates that occurs once a developing country achieves higher standards of living because the perceived marginal cost of additional children begins to exceed the perceived marginal benefit.

Population Growth

The increase in the number of individuals in a population over a specific period.