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Managerial Decision-Making Final Exam Complete Answer(TCOs A, B, C,
D, E, F, G and H) Tidewater Services recently celebrated its 10t
anniversary as a !r"#essi"nal services #ir$ tat andles
investi%ati"ns #"r law #ir$s "##erin% a$enities, s&c as
bac'%r"&nd cec's, s&rveillance, interviewin% "# witnesses,
cras scene investi%ati"n, and "ter related services(Te c"$!any was
#"&nded by )ee Herbert w" ad e*tensive e*!erience w"r'in% #"r
c"$!anies tat andle investi%ative w"r'( Herbert is $"re "# a !e"!le
!ers"n and is always l""'in% #"r te ne*t new client t" ta'e "n(
Ad$ittedly, Herbert ad n" e*!erience inr&nnin% a b&siness
wen e decided t" %" "&t "n is "wn and enlisted te el! "# is
l"n% ti$e #riend, Bradley Si$$"ns(Si$$"ns as s!ent is career
w"r'in% #"r lar%er c"r!"rati"ns in #inance and ad n" e*!erience in
investi%ative services, b&t was l""'in% #"r a can%e(Over te 10
years since te c"$!any+s #"&ndin%, Tidewater Services
str&%%led at #irst b&t sl"wly %rew "ver te last #ive years(
Te $"re law #ir$s te c"$!any w"r's wit, te $"re cases tey receive(
Te $"re cases tey receive, te $"re "&rs tey can bill( Tidewater
c&rrently as si* investi%at"rs and tw" cler's in additi"n t"
Herbert and Si$$"ns( Over te years, tey ave e*!anded and c"ntracted
based "n te v"l&$e "# b&siness and te l"cal ec"n"$y(Based
in ,"r#"l', -ir%inia, Herbert is really interested in e*!andin% te
b&siness t" "ter $a."r cities in te re%i"n, believin% tat /tere
are "nly s" $any law #ir$s ere in ,"r#"l'(0 He #eels tat i# tey+ve
s&rvived 10 years, ten tey s"&ld c"ntin&e t" #"c&s
"n %r"win% te b&siness( Si$$"ns, "n te "ter and, #eels tat
e*!ansi"n will !&t te c"$!any at ris' as it ta'es ti$e t"
devel"! a decent client base( Tey ad "!ened a sec"nd "##ice several
years bac' acr"ss t"wn b&t event&ally cl"sed it wen it
didn+t %enerate en"&% reven&e t" c"ver e*!enses( He+s
w"rried te e*!ansi"n $ay ban'r&!t te c"$!any(Even t"&% te
tw" are b&siness !artners, Herbert is te !resident and Si$$"ns
te vice !resident( Herbert as'ed Si$$"ns t" eval&ate several
"!ti"ns t" #&rter e*!and te b&siness( Fr"$ Herbert+s
!ers!ective, e as c"ncl&ded tat tree "b.ectives are i$!"rtantin
tis decisi"n( First, is t" #ind a city wit a lar%e n&$ber "#
F"rt&ne 100 c"$!anies, a c"st "# livin% c"$!arable t" ,"r#"l',
and a city tat is in a reas"nable distance #r"$ ,"r#"l' as e and
Si$$"ns w"&ld be s!endin% a l"t "# ti$e in te new "##ice at
#irst( Beca&se b"t ave #a$ilies wit y"&n% cildren, Herbert
#eels tat te distance is twice as i$!"rtant as te "ter
criteria(Here is te s&$$ary "# Si$$"ns+ researc(2( 3ic$"nd,
-ir%inia4 ,&$ber "# F"rt&ne 100 C"$!anies4 15 C"st "#
)ivin% C"$!aris"n40(678 (less tan ,"r#"l')5 Drivin% Distance4 91
$iles22( Carl"tte, ,"rt Car"lina4 ,&$ber "# F"rt&ne 100
C"$!anies4 :5 C"st "# )ivin% C"$!aris"n4 0(978 (less tan ,"r#"l')5
Drivin% Distance4 ;97 $iles222( Atlanta, Ge"r%ia4 ,&$ber "#
F"rt&ne 100 C"$!anies4 105 C"st "# )ivin% C"$!aris"n40(918
(less tan ,"r#"l')5 Drivin% Distance4 107 $iles
