MINDTAP MANAGEMENT FOR DAFT/MARCIC'S UN
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Author: MARCIC
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Chapter 1, Problem 5DQ
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Whether the people's skills could be learned, or there is a need to rethink a career path. If they can be learnt, how would a person go about learning them?
Introduction:
In this situation, it is given that a person is a bright, hard-working, entry-level manager who fully intends to rise up through the ranks. The performance evaluation gives that person high marks for technical skills, but low marks when it comes to people skills.
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