Kerry has implemented two reinforcement plans to see which is most effective. In one, employees are given a gift card after every month of perfect attendance. The other plan involves a system where gift cards are again given to employees, but only after a month of perfect attendance during which the employee spends $25.00 at the company cafeteria. The first reinforcement plan is an example of the schedule of reinforcement if both plans prove to be effective, which strategy would you suggest Kerry Implement to effectively change employee behavior? Continue with the second plan since it will benefit both your cafeteria and employees, even if there is employee backlash. You may want to consider using a variable interval schedule of reinforcement since it is more effective than any other schedule of reinforcement Continue with the first plan since it is the least complicated of the two Either plan is fine, but try to increase the amount of time between giving rewards, motivating employees to stay with the company longer

Jing-sheng facilitated a hiring committee for his advertising company. six employees (including two managers) met together to discuss applicants and select the finalists for a copywriter position in the public relations department. although the head of public relations would have the final nod on the candidate that would ultimately be hired, the evaluative work of the committee was very important because this group would send forward those persons they believed would be good work colleagues. in setting up this type of hiring process, the head of public relations was utilizing a(n) style of leadership. a. autocraticb. free-reinc. contingentd. participative

Needs to schedule the staffing of the center. it is open from 8am until midnight. larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required: time of dayminimum number of consultants required to be on duty8 am-noon4noon-4 pm84pm-8pm108pm-midnight6 two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. the full- time consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the shifts: morning (8am- 4pm), afternoon (noon-8pm) and evening (4pm-midnight). full-time consultants are paid $14 per hour. part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. part-time consultants are paid $12 per hour. an additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost. formulate this as an lp problem. you must define your variables clearly

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