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1. Distinguish between an unstructured, a semi-structured, and a structured decision. Which level of manager or employee generally makes each type of decision?
2. Give an example of each type of decision referenced.
3. The four stages in decision making include: Intelligence, Design, Choice and Implementation. Which question does each stage ask?
4. Managerial roles interpersonal roles, informational roles and decisional roles. Select one role and describe how managers perform in this role.
5. What is business intelligence and business analytics?
6. Explain how eBay analyzes and uses big data.
7. What is a pivot table and how is it used in business decisions?
8. The balanced scorecard is defined as a framework for examining a firm's strategic plan and goals. The scorecard focuses on measured performance in four areas: financial, processes, customers and learning and growth. What is the definition of key performance indicators (KPIs)? Give an example of a KPI and how it's used.
9. Information technology supports four basic areas of organizational change: automation, rationalization, business process redesign and paradigm shifts. Describe how IT supports automation.
10. Total Quality Management (TQM) and Six Sigma are two business processes that promote quality in an organization. Describe these two processes.
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Differences between centralized and decentralized processing
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Evaluate how they connect to approaches to managing people
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What is breakeven point in units after giving effect to plan
: Johnson, Inc. projects sales for next year will be 60,000 units if the sales price is $28. At this level, unit fixed costs will be $8 while total variable costs will be $720,000. What is the breakeven point for the company in terms of dollars and uni..
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What image of america was communicated by the innovations
: Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on how art reflects the society in which it was made that responds to the following: What image of America was communicated by the innovations and buildings presented at the 1883 Chicago's World Fair?
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What is business intelligence and business analytics
: Managerial roles interpersonal roles, informational roles and decisional roles. Select one role and describe how managers perform in this role. What is business intelligence and business analytics? Explain how eBay analyzes and uses big data
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What is special about the prisoners'' dilemma game
: What is special about the prisoners' dilemma game? Is every game presented in this chapter a prisoners' dilemma?
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Determining cost of merchandise sold
: Determining Cost of Merchandise Sold. For a recent year, TechMart reported sales of $33,821 million. Its gross profit was $7,779 million. What was the amount of TechMart's cost of merchandise sold?
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Budget based on eight salespeople and no budgeted overtime
: The sales department of a cellular phone company pays its salespeople $1,500 per month plus 25 percent of each new subscriber's first month's billings. A new subscriber's first month bill averages $80. Salespeople work 160 hours a month. Prepare a pe..
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Drawbacks or limitations to using social networks
: Describe how this technology could be used in a business setting. Are there any drawbacks or limitations to using social networks in a business setting?
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