Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
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ISBN: 9781337406659
Author: WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Daniel Glaser, chairman of the College of San Antonio's business department, needs to assign professors to courses next semester. As a criterion for judging who should teach each course, Professor Glaser reviews the past 2 years'
teaching evaluations (which were filled out by students). Since each of the four professors taught each of the four courses at one time or another during the 2-year period, Glaser is able to record a course rating for each instructor.
These ratings are shown in the following table.
Professor
W.W. Fisher
D. Golhar
Z. Hug
N. K. Rustagi
a) The optimal assignment of courses to professors that will maximize the overall teaching rating is:
Statistics
65
90
70
85
Statistics
Management
Finance
Economics
Course
Management
75
65
60
40
→
Finance
70
95
80
80
The overall teaching rating of the assignment =
(enter your response as a whole number).
b) The school does not want Professor Fisher to be assigned to the statistics class. Based on the assignment above, a change to the assignment
Economics
50
40
75
60
required to ensure that Professor Fisher does not teach statistics.
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Transcribed Image Text:Daniel Glaser, chairman of the College of San Antonio's business department, needs to assign professors to courses next semester. As a criterion for judging who should teach each course, Professor Glaser reviews the past 2 years' teaching evaluations (which were filled out by students). Since each of the four professors taught each of the four courses at one time or another during the 2-year period, Glaser is able to record a course rating for each instructor. These ratings are shown in the following table. Professor W.W. Fisher D. Golhar Z. Hug N. K. Rustagi a) The optimal assignment of courses to professors that will maximize the overall teaching rating is: Statistics 65 90 70 85 Statistics Management Finance Economics Course Management 75 65 60 40 → Finance 70 95 80 80 The overall teaching rating of the assignment = (enter your response as a whole number). b) The school does not want Professor Fisher to be assigned to the statistics class. Based on the assignment above, a change to the assignment Economics 50 40 75 60 required to ensure that Professor Fisher does not teach statistics.
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