Students are working on an assignment that benefits from teamwork. Jack is a hig
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Question
Students are working on an assignment that benefits from teamwork. Jack is a highly analytical person and Jane is a more creative individual. The following chart indicates how long it will take Jack and Jane to complete a task.
Analytical
Creative
jack
5 Hours
8 Hours
Jane
7 Hours
10 Hours
a. Indicate whether Jack or Jane have an absolute advantage completing (1) analytical tasks and (2) creative tasks.
b. Jack and Jane would like to finish the assignment that their instructor gave to them as soon as possible. Does Jack or Jane have a relative advantage in completing either of the tasks? If so, do you feel that they should focus in on their core competencies and split up the tasks to complete the assignment (assume that the ‘workload’ is 50% analytical and 50% creative).
Analytical
Creative
jack
5 Hours
8 Hours
Jane
7 Hours
10 Hours
Explanation / Answer
Jack have an absolute advantage completing (1) analytical tasks and (2) creative tasks as jack takes less hours incompleting both analyttical and creative tasks.
Jack have a relative advantage in completing either of the tasks.yes , i feel that they should focus in on their core competencies and split up the tasks to complete the assignment