Roni Harris Is a College Student in the Business Department

question 45

Multiple Choice

Roni Harris is a college student in the business department of her local university. She came in to college thinking she wanted to become an accounting major, but discovered that she is interested in product marketing and sales.
-Roni is taking a time management class as an elective in college because she feels she occasionally struggles with effectively managing her time and tasks. What effect do time management skills have on a career in sales?

• A)Time management skills are the key to sales,so someone who is not extremely organized cannot succeed in this career.
• B)Time management skills are necessary to be able to set priorities and manage the various tasks of sales while setting one's own schedule.
• C)Time management skills are difficult to learn if one is not born with them,so it is unlikely that someone without an internal sense of organization will be successful in sales.
• D)Time management skills are not a huge issue for salespeople because the sales manager sets the list of tasks and priorities,so the salesperson just needs to follow the list and execute.
• E)Time management skills do not intersect significantly with the tasks required to be good at sales.

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