Departments Marketing Employees Sales Finance Logistics Research Production Service Customer Albertson 18 17 14 19 19 18 Bunch 17 15 12 14 20 17 Carson 15 15 13 17 20 18 Denali 19 16 18 18 18 20 Ebersole 18 15 12 17 19 17 Finch 16 16 16 18 20 17

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Karina Nieto works for New Products Inc., and one of hermany tasks is assigning new workers to departments. Thecompany recently hired six new employees and would likeeach one to be assigned to a different department. The em-ployees have completed a two-month training session ineach of the six departments from which they received theevaluations shown below (higher numbers are better).Determine how the new employees should be assigned todepartments so that overall performance is maximized.

Departments
Marketing
Employees Sales Finance Logistics Research Production Service
Customer
Albertson
18
17
14
19
19
18
Bunch
17
15
12
14
20
17
Carson
15
15
13
17
20
18
Denali
19
16
18
18
18
20
Ebersole
18
15
12
17
19
17
Finch
16
16
16
18
20
17
Transcribed Image Text:Departments Marketing Employees Sales Finance Logistics Research Production Service Customer Albertson 18 17 14 19 19 18 Bunch 17 15 12 14 20 17 Carson 15 15 13 17 20 18 Denali 19 16 18 18 18 20 Ebersole 18 15 12 17 19 17 Finch 16 16 16 18 20 17
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