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If management science aims to improve an organization's ability to make rational and meaningful

management decisions, give a specific scenario in which a "Statistical or Programming Technique" solved
a business problem.

The practice of hiring too many similar people, resulting in a homogeneous working environment.
According to Business Insider, Facebook considered utilizing algorithms to solve the problem, with the
goal of using data to guide hiring. This is the idea behind Facebook’s proposed solution, as explained in
the article: “companies administer personality tests to candidates during screening, then use data
analysis to determine its ideal hires. While the algorithm depends on what a company is looking for,
common variables include using the data from personality tests to predict whether a candidate will quit
or steal on the job.” Instead of leaving hiring to the subjectivity of employees and managers,

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