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Zeke the Geke
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ACRON, Inc.
« on: Jun 24^th, 2003, 7:24am »

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Lew W. Reese, Jr. was seated comfortably in one of the boardrooms of ACRON, Inc. If he passed one final test, he would then be hired as one of the company's top executives with a seven-figure monthly salary and all the perks. Exactly for what top-level office, he was not told by the executive search committee. Our Chairman feels strongly about your name, they told him.

After a few minutes, the charming assistant of the Chairman entered the room and gave him a piece of paper marked 44444. He almost fell from his chair when he read it because he was clueless as to the officers of the company.

The paper read:

A.EXECUTIVE OFFICES

1. PRESIDENT: Mountains of Work. Rush Work. More Work or Bust.
2. CFO: Number Crunches. Value Operations.
3. CORPSEC: monthly meetings every 30 days.
4. VP-PLANNING: Environment and Competition Analysis
5. VP-MARKETING: Market Expansion in all Directions.

B. NAMES OF EXECUTIVES (not in order)

1. Steve A. Norfolk,Jr.
2. Milton David A. Swanson
3. Norman S.E. Waldorf
4. Wilma S. Ocier-Tellaney

Questions:
a. Who occupies which position?
b. Why is Lew being considered for the vacant office aside from his qualifications?

What should be Lew's answers?

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« Reply #1 on: Jun 24^th, 2003, 8:08am »

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Well, my initial guess is that he's up for the presidency, but I've only figured out one of the current officers.

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« Reply #2 on: Jun 24^th, 2003, 9:04am »

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What is your reasoning?

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« Reply #3 on: Jun 24^th, 2003, 9:45am »

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I figured I'd wait with the reasoning until others have had a chance to figure it out. But I will give two more answers:
Norm is in marketing and Miltie is the number cruncher

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« Reply #4 on: Jun 24^th, 2003, 10:29pm »

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And finally, Steve does meetings, so Wilma plans, although I haven't figured out why Wilma plans yet

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« Reply #5 on: Jun 20^th, 2004, 6:22am »

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The only progress I've made here is that the initials of Norman S.E. Waldorf are N.S.E.W. which would cover all directions, so VP-MARKETING ("Market Expansion in all Directions") might be his job?

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« Reply #6 on: Jun 20^th, 2004, 7:05am »

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All the answers follow the same sort of a pattern (hence the company name). I had difficulty with the Corpsec until I realized that it's significant that they have monthly meetings every 30 days.The only one I haven't figured out for sure is Wilma. Now if her husband Fred was applying for the job it would be easy.

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« Reply #7 on: Jun 20^th, 2004, 9:22pm »

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OK - I can't see how Steve and Wilma fit into the company, but, following the hints, North South East West - Norman - VP-Marketing is clear, as is Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction - Milton - CFO and Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt, Jefferson - Lew - President (Mt. Rushmore). I suspect something like Survival of the W??(worthiest?) for Wilma (hence easier for Fred) is what VP-Planning is, but I have no idea how Steve relates to Corpsec. What did others get?

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