In a Management Class There Are Two Types of Students

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Essay

In a management class there are two types of students, the individualists and the socialites. There is a group term project that is worked on jointly but then individually summarized and handed in for a grade. When individualists end up in the same group, they all get B- since they are not very inclined to share their insights with each other. When the socialites work together, they all get A- because they learn from each other and have more to say when they each write up a report. When individualists and socialites work in a group, the individualists learn from the socialites but share little, so the individualists get an A and the socialites get a
C.The students with the best grades are the ones who stay on in school.From this information answer the following questions.If the teacher allows students to choose partners for a 1/3 letter grade penalty, what will happen to the student body population.Draw another payoff graph and show the proportion of socialites and individualists on the graph.You cannot use a numerical percentage because the letter grades are not numerically specified.Simply label the horizontal axis with an X at the left side and a Y on the right side and a Z where the proportion of socialites will be fixed.The percentage population then becomes XZ/XY.

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