Understanding Business
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Create a short managerial issue case and explain how trainees will develop good decisions to solve it:
1.List all types of evidence they will need to collect, and explain why;
2. Name the epidemiological data, studies, and metrics the trainees will need to support the decision-making process, explain why.
3.Explain the decision-making process the trainees will need to apply to this case.
4. List your own decisions and solutions for the case.
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