The senior management of a firm is undecided about the number of employees needed for its new project. To advise the executives, a human resource specialist uses a computer system to estimate how long teams of three different sizes will take to complete the project, assuming the project is of either low, average, or high difficulty. The type of system appropriate for this case is a(n)

Decision support system

Explanation:

The decision support system is a system that support the business decisions. It mainly works for reviewing the data of the business in that way where the user could access it and make the decisions accordingly.

In the given situation since it is mentioned how much team is required for project completion so this represent the decision support system

answer; ///(d); determining who competes most closely   with whom evaluating whether industry driving forces and competitive pressure favor some strategic groups and hurt others, and ascertaining whether the profit potential of different strategic groups varies due to the strengths and weaknesses in each groups respective market positions;

answer; how many employees will be needed for jobs in the coming period;