Ranga Ramasesh is the operations manager for a firm that is trying to decide which one of
Question:
Ranga Ramasesh is the operations manager for a firm that is trying to decide which one of four countries it should research for possible outsourcing providers. The first step is to select a country based on cultural riskfactors, which are critical to eventual business success with the provider. Ranga has reviewed outsourcing provider directories and found that the four countries in the table below have an ample number of providers from which they can choose. To aid in the country selectionstep, he has enlisted the aid of a culturalexpert, JohnWang, who has provided ratings of the various criteria in the table below.
The resulting ratings are on a 1 to 10scale, where 1 is a low risk and 10 is a high risk.Further, John Wang has determined six criteria weightings. Trust, with a weight of 0.40; Quality, with 0.20; Religious, With 0.10; Individualism, with 0.10; Time, with 0.10; andUncertainty, with 0.10. Using the weightedfactor-rating method, which country should Rangaselect?
I'm trying to find the total weight scores and am not sure how to find them.
Weight | Mexico | Panama | Costa Rica | Peru | |
Trust | 0.40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Society value of quality work | 0.20 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
Religious attitudes | 0.10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Individualism attitudes | 0.10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Time Orientation attitudes | 0.10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
Uncertainity avoidance attitudes | 0.10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Total Weight Scores: | --- |