In a Management Trainee Program, 80 Percent of the Trainees

question 17

Multiple Choice

In a management trainee program, 80 percent of the trainees are female, 20 percent male. Ninety percent of the females attended college, 78 percent of the males attended college. A management trainee is selected at random. What is the probability that the person selected is a male who did NOT attend college?

• A) 0.044
• B) 0.440
• C) 0.256
• D) 0.801

Comprehend the elasticity of the demand curve for human resources and its determinants.

Identify how supply and demand curves represent the labor market and understand the shifts in these curves.

Understand the principle of marginal productivity and its implications for resource use and firm profitability.

Analyze the impact of changes in good demand on the demand for resources used in production.

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Definitions:

Mechanistic Organizations

Highly structured, hierarchical companies with centralized decision-making and strict rules and procedures.

Centralized Organizations

Organizations where decision-making authority is concentrated at higher levels of management, leading to a more controlled and uniform operational approach.

Decentralized Organizations

Organizations where the decision-making authority is distributed among various levels rather than being concentrated at a single point.

Decision Making

The cognitive process of selecting a course of action from among multiple alternatives.