Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305502215
Author: Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 8AL
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A report comparing the top graded students (students A and B) to the average students (students C and D) and summarizing their behavioral study patterns and styles in comparison to each other.
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In contrast to all the student’s studying techniques, they developed standards/targets to work towards and monitored their performance against the standard set and faced the consequences of not achieving certain results.
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