Consider a new company that is just getting started in producing a single product in a competitive market situation. Discuss some of the short-term and long-term goals the company might have as it enters into business. How do these goals affect employee job assignments? Would the company necessarily decide to maximize prots in the short run?

For the scenarios presented in Problems 9-17, identify a problem worth studying and list the variables that affect the behavior you have identified. Which variables would be neglected completely? Which might be considered as constants initially? Can you identify any submodels you would want to study in detail? Identify any data you would want collected.