Electra Wants to Purchase a Laptop for Use in Her

question 58

Multiple Choice

Electra wants to purchase a laptop for use in her MBA program so she can work on assignments and surf the web while the professor drones on endlessly. After consulting with her colleagues, she chooses the dimensions of cost, weight, processor speed, and touchscreen capability as critical to her long term success and amusement. She evaluates four different laptops and rates their performance on each criterion on a scale from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) . Which laptop should Electra purchase? $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Dimension } & \text { Importance } & \text { Sir Face } & \text { Toybook Air } & \text { Knockoff } & \text { High Priced } \\\hline \text { Weight } & 3 & 4 & 4 & 3 & 5 \\\hline \text { Speed } & 5 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 3 \\\hline \text { Cost } & 2 & 2 & 2 & 5 & 1 \\\hline \text { Touchscreen } & 1 & 5 & 2 & 3 & 3 \\\hline\end{array}$$

• A)Sir Face
• B)Toybook Air
• C)Knockoff
• D)High Priced

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Definitions:

Harmoniously

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Collectivism

An ideology or social outlook that emphasizes the importance of groups and the collective over individual actions and identity.

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Power Distance

A cultural dimension that reflects the extent to which less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally.