Matching ​Match Each of the Following Situations with the Stage of of the Rational

question 29

Multiple Choice

Matching
​Match each of the following situations with the stage of the rational approach to decision making it most clearly illustrates.
-​implement the plan

• A)​Bob looks up business school rankings to determine which schools would consider his GPA and GMAT score competitive.
• B)​Bob decides which business schools he'd like to attend.
• C)If all of the business schools he applies to reject him, Bob will try to raise his GMAT score and apply again next year.
• D)​Bob completes and sends out applications to the business schools he'd like to attend.
• E)​Bob wants to go to a good business school.
• F)After determining which high-quality schools he has a reasonable shot of getting into, Bob uses a combination of factors -- price, location, and teacher ratings -- to compare them.

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