Mazen has been an operations’ manager at XYZ company for the past 5 years. He holds many complex tasks and is required to stay connected and updated with information concerning the employees and the customers. Moreover, he is aware of the importance of consistently gathering, giving and receiving information.One day, he receives a financial report stating that sales for the past weekend have dropped about 10%. He assumes that this problem is caused by the recent increase in prices and doesn’t gather further information nor find alternatives to solve this problem. Mazen is being a: * 1 Problem avoider 2Problem solver 3 Problem seeker 4 Problem creator

Mazen has been an operations’ manager at XYZ company for the past 5 years. He holds many complex tasks and is required to stay connected and updated with information concerning the employees and the customers. Moreover, he is aware of the importance of consistently gathering, giving and receiving information.One day, he receives a financial report stating that sales for the past weekend have dropped about 10%. He assumes that this problem is caused by the recent increase in prices and doesn’t gather further information nor find alternatives to solve this problem. Mazen is being a: * 1 Problem avoider 2Problem solver 3 Problem seeker 4 Problem creator

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter4: Linear Programming Models

Section4.8: Data Envelopment Analysis (dea)

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