Celeste is the manager of Classy Clutches, a store that sells designer purses. Celeste knows that the economy greatly affects her business. Therefore, she is developing alternative courses of action for each of the four possible economic outcomes that may occur over the next four to six years. In this scenario, Celeste is Select one: a. implementing a decision. b. generating contingency plans. c. making a programmed decision. d. engaging in satisficing. e. following the garbage can model.

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

You are the new chief information officer for the video-game developer, necturus games. the company has recently undergone a major expansion of its primary product, and you must staff up the is department and determine the best way to develop new game "capsules" for the game, "escape velocity."

Which critical success factor improves with reduced cycle time, better quality standards, and improved efficiency when an is is implemented?