Management Actions: Fact or Folklore
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For those students with prior course work in the fields of accounting or business administration, the answers are more highly predictable. From those students with a background of introductory accounting courses, their answers will describe a series of managerial actions steeped in methological rigor and embellished with complex quantitative assessments. The young business administration students, on the other hand, will respond by describing managerial actions within the context of an orchestra conductor-controlling and coordinating various parts of the organization to create a melodious outcome consistent with a prearranged score.
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