Exam #$1$ Instructions $-$ Decision Analysis

Suppose that you are getting ready to graduate from BYU$-$Idaho. You have interviewed with several companies for employment, and you have been blessed to receive $4$ different job offers. Note: You must use the $4$ job offers$/$locations provided below. However, you may also choose include additional offers$/$locations if you desire.

Your job offers are as follows:

Option #$1$

Company: Sinclair Oil Company

Job title: $[$your$\_$degree$/$emphasis$\_$name$]$ analyst

Location: Rawlins, Wyoming

Starting Annual Salary: $$50,500$

Annual Bonus: Based on performance

Option #$2$

Company: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Job title: $[$your$\_$degree$/$emphasis$\_$name$]$ analyst

Location: San Jose, California

Starting Annual Salary: $$58,000$

Annual Bonus: ~ $$1000$ per year

Option #$3$

Company: General Motors

Job title: $[$your$\_$degree$/$emphasis$\_$name$]$ analyst

Location: Flint, Michigan

Starting Annual Salary: $$53,500$

Annual Bonus: N$/$A

Option #$4$

Company: Hamilton Sundstrand $($part of United Technologies Corporation$)$

Job title: $[$your$\_$degree$/$emphasis$\_$name$]$ analyst

Location: Houston, Texas

Starting Annual Salary: $$47,000$

Annual Bonus: Based on performance

The decision that lies ahead of you is to select which offer to accept. This exam is designed to give you practice in using the Factor Rating Approach to making decisions that involve a large number of factors or criteria. This approach can be used to make a variety of business decisions that involve several criteria. This exam entails assigning weights of importance to criteria that are important to you in choosing a career, conducting well$-$documented research to find out how well each offer scores for each of the criteria you have selected, and then using the Factor Rating Approach to determine the best option for you based on your chosen criteria.