Understanding Management
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Author: Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 5, Problem 2OTJVC
Summary Introduction
Case summary/Introduction:
The company M.S designs prefabricated backyard dwellings that can be used for any purpose. The case explains how the owner who was a builder was using compact portable structures for building later expands the concept in to a business idea.
Characters in the case:
R.S and S.P
Adequate information:
The start-up was a sudden thought of S and he developed it further with the help of P.
To determine:
Whether S.P's goals achieves the criteria of effective goal setting or not.
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