For Many Years,the Same First-Line Manager Supervised the Preparation of Campbell

question 89

Multiple Choice

For many years,the same first-line manager supervised the preparation of Campbell soups.He knew,for instance,that the thermometer on one vat consistently read 2 degrees higher than it actually was.He also knew by smell and consistency when to add additional ingredients and when a soup was ready for canning.A year before his retirement,Campbell hired ____ to follow him around and collect his information in the form of if-then statements and then to create a computerized information system to replicate that knowledge.

• A)knowledge workers
• B)technical specialists
• C)computer engineers
• D)data analyzers
• E)information processors

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