You Own a Chain of 10 One-Day Photo Development Kiosks

question 24

Short Answer

You own a chain of 10 one-day photo development kiosks and a lab where the photos are developed. Each morning and evening a delivery truck leaves the lab, visits each kiosk, and returns to the lab. If it takes 1/3 minute to compute the total length of a tour, how long will it take to apply the brute force algorithm to find the optimal tour for the delivery truck?

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Definitions:

Leadership Style

The approach and manner in which a leader directs, motivates, guides, and manages groups of people, influencing how they achieve objectives and shape organizational culture.

Fiedler's Contingency Model

A theory proposing that effective leadership depends on the situational context and the match between the leader’s style and specific situational variables.

Least-preferred Co-worker

A concept from the Fiedler contingency model referring to the person a leader has least preferred to work with, used to identify the leader's leadership style.

Leadership Style

Describes the approach or method a leader uses to provide direction, implement plans, and motivate people.