Having a(n) _______ system within a company makes targeted and closed internal recruiting methods difficult.

A clothing chain is considering two different locations for a new retail outlet. The organization has identified the four factors listed in the following table as the basis for evaluation, and it has assigned weights as shown

The manager has rated each location on each factor, on a 100-point basis (higher scores are better), as shown under the respective columns for Barclay and Chester. a. Calculate the composite score for each alternative location. b. Which site should be chosen? c. Are you concerned about the sensitivity and subjectivity of this solution? Comment. Factor Factor Description Weight Barclay Chester 1 Average community income .40 75 70 2 Community growth potential .25 60 80 3 Availability of public transportation .15 45 90 4 Labor cost .20 80 60

Poultry Processing processes chickens for fast food restaurants. The chickens arrive from the farms on trucks, in cages, at a rate of 8 trucks per hour according to the Poisson distribution

The quality standards of Poultry Processing require that the chickens be processed within 30 minutes, which includes the time from when the trucks arrive until the chickens are finished processing. What is the minimum average processing rate (in truckloads per hour) that must be designed for the machine in order to ensure that the cages will be processed, on the average, in 30 minutes or less? Assume processing time is exponentially distributed. A) 4.5 trucks per hour B) 9 trucks per hour C) 10 trucks per hour D) 18 trucks per hour