In your position of office manager at a legal firm, you are in charge of hiring temporary legal assistants and clerical workers. describe how simon's decision-making process applies to this decision. could that decision be aided by an information system in any way, and if so, how?

2) you are the cio at an insurance firm and a manager has proposed implementing expensive new project management software that would increase the efficiency of the it staff. the idea of improved efficiency sounds good, but is there any way you can evaluate her decision before purchasing the software?

3) a key business decision in your sporting goods manufacturing company is determining what suppliers to use for your raw materials. how can you determine if a manager in charge of selecting suppliers is making the best choice?

The price of trade suppose that portugal and sweden both produce rye and wine. portugal's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 4 bushels of rye while sweden's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 10 bushels of rye. by comparing the opportunity cost of producing wine in the two countries, you can tell thatportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of wine.andportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of rye. suppose that portugal and sweden consider trading wine and rye with each other. portugal can gain from specialization and trade as long as it receives more rye for each bottle of wine it exports to sweden. similarly, sweden can gain from trade as long as it receives more bottles of wine for each bushel of rye it exports to portugal. based on your answer to the last question, which of the following prices of trade (that is, price of wine in terms of rye) would allow both sweden and portugal to gain from trade? a. 1 bushels of rye per bottle of wineb. 8 bushels of rye per bottle of winec. 9 bushels of rye per bottle of wined. 3 bushels of rye per bottle of wine

Carlton industries is considering a new project that they plan to price at $74.00 per unit. the variable costs are estimated at $39.22 per unit and total fixed costs are estimated at $12,085. the initial investment required is $8,000 and the project has an estimated life of 4 years. the firm requires a return of 8 percent. ignore the effect of taxes. what is the degree of operating leverage at the financial break-even level of output?

How do you know if two line segments are perpendicular?