Decide whether these decisions are programmed or nonprogrammed decisions along with an explanation of how you determined whether they were programmed or nonprogrammed.

Hiring a specialist for the research staff in a highly technical field.

Assigning workers to daily tasks.

Determining the size of the dividend to be paid to shareholders in the ninth consecutive year of strong earnings growth.

Deciding whether to approve an employee's absence for medical reasons as an officially excused absence.

Selecting the location for another branch of a 150-branch bank in a large city.

Approving the appointment of a new law school graduate to the corporate legal staff.

Making the annual assignment of graduate assistants to the faculty.

Approving the request of an employee to attend a local seminar in his or her special area of expertise.

Selecting the appropriate outlets for print advertisements for a new college textbook.

Determining the location for a new fast-food restaurant in a small but growing town on the major interstate highway between two very large metropolitan areas.