A manager has received an analysis of several cities being considered for a new

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A manager has received an analysis of several cities being considered for a new office complex. The data (10 points maximum) are as follows:

Location Score

If the manager weights the factors equally, how would the locations stack up in terms of their composite factor rating scores?

If business services and construction costs are given weights that are double the weights of the other factors, how would the locations stack up?

A manager has received an analysis of several cities being considered for a new office complex. The data (10 points maximum) are as follows:

Explanation / Answer

a) If the manager weights the factors equally, how would the locations stack up in terms of their composite factor rating scores?

In order to find the required composite factor we take the sum of all the factors for each location and also find the average score for all factors.

For location A:
Sum of values of all factors = 38
Composite score = 38/7 = 5.43

For location B:
Sum of values of all factors = 46
Composite score = 46/7 = 6.57

for location C:
Sum of values of all factors = 46
Composite score = 46/7 = 6.57

(b) If business services and construction costs are given weights that are double the weights of the other factors, how would the locations stack up?

The new table will look like

For location A:
Sum of values of all factors = 52
Composite score = 42/9 = 7.43

For location B:
Sum of values of all factors = 58
Composite score = 58/8 = 8.29

for location C:
Sum of values of all factors = 57
Composite score = 57/9 = 8.14

Location Score   Factor A B C   Business services 18 12 12   Community services 7 6 7   Real estate cost 3 8 7   Construction costs 10 12 10   Cost of living 3 8 9   Taxes 5 5 4   Transportation 6 7 8

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