Answer:
Yes: Middlemen represents costs
No: Middlemen could have exclusive access to customers
No: Cutting out middlemen will lead to unemployment on the long run
Explanation:
Why it is true that cutting off middlemen could reduce business costs in the sense that they (middlemen) usually buy from manufacturers and charge additional costs before selling to final users, it should also be known that sometimes these middlemen bridge the gap between supply and demand by taking the products from where they are produced to where the customers are found.
A second consideration is that cutting off middlemen will as a result create unemployment for all those middlemen that will be cut off.
Answer:
Cognitive dissonance
Explanation:
Cognitive dissonance is a psychological notion when an individual experiences thoughts and emotions that are not consistent (no matter the environment). In this example, it was expected from Fatima to quit her job (since she hated the manager). In spite of that, she continued to work. That caused the cognitive dissonance in her behavior, as she changed her attitude.
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Answer: c.) Yes, the process is in control.
Explanation:
For the process to be in control, the number of defects have to be between the Upper Control Limit and the Lower Control limits of the c-chart which can be used to measure defects of irregularities per unit.;
UCL = C-bar + z*√(c-bar)
LCL = C-bar - z*√(c-bar)
C - Bar = 
C - Bar = 
C - Bar = 4.375
z = 3 when using the 3 sigma control
UCL = C-bar + z*√(c-bar)
UCL = 4.375 + 3 * √(4.375)
UCL = 10.65
LCL = C-bar - z*√(c-bar)
LCL = 4.375 - 3 * √(4.375)
LCL = -1.9
LCL = 0 (Lower limit minimum should be 0 at least)
Defects are within the control limits. The process is in control.
