A Company Called Excel Inc

question 62

Multiple Choice

A company called Excel Inc. has acquired another company called M&M Inc. Excel Inc. has 150 employees and M&M Inc. has 50 employees. It is decided that the seniority list will be combined according to the proportion of the number of employees in both the companies. Since the proportion is 3:1, in the first four places on the new seniority lists, the three positions ranked highest in Excel Inc. are given positions 1, 2, and 3, and the highest ranked position in M&M Inc. is given rank 4. Which of the following principles of combining seniority lists is used in this example?

• A) associative rank
• B) ratio-rank
• C) rank maintenance
• D) absolute rank

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