For this exercise, you will do some math. Objective To develop your skill at understanding and calculating the FourFifths Rule Skills The primary skills developed through this exercise are as follows:. 1. HR management skill—Analytical and quantitative business skills
2. SHRM 2016 Curriculum Guidebook—G: Outcomes: Metrics and Measurement in HR
Complete the following Four-Fifths Problems
Males Females
Applicants 100 100
Selected 50 40
Selection rate 50% (50/100) 40% (40/100)
4/5 = %.
The selection rate of is equal to, less than, or greater than % or 4/5.
Therefore, the Four-Fifths Rule is or is not met. How many total females and how many more females should be hired?

Acompany manufactures hair dryers. it buys some of the components, but it makes the heating element, which it can produce at the rate of 920 per day. hair dryers are assembled daily, 250 days a year, at a rate of 360 per day. because of the disparity between the production and usage rates, the heating elements are periodically produced in batches of 2,300 units. a. approximately how many batches of heating elements are produced annually? b. if production on a batch begins when there is no inventory of heating elements on hand, how much inventory will be on hand 4 days later? c. what is the average inventory of elements, assuming each production cycle begins when there are none on hand?

3. now assume that carnival booked lady antebellum in december 2016 to perform on the june 2017 western caribbean cruise. further assume that carnival pays lady antebellum its entire performance fee of $52,000 on december 28, 2016, for the june 2017 cruise. what journal entry will carnival make on december 28, 2016, for its payment to lady antebellum?

Statistical process control charts: a. indicate to the operator the true quality of material leaving the process. b. display upper and lower limits for process variables or attributes and signal when a process is no longer in control. c. indicate to the process operator the average outgoing quality of each lot. d. display the measurements on every item being produced. e. are a graphic way of classifying problems by their level of importance, often referred to as the 80-20 rule.