Leavitt has his class associate various occupations with his three categories. People who fall into the decision-making category include systems analysts, engineers, MBAs, statisticians, and professional managers — strange bedfellows, but very much alike in their bias for the rational approach. Implementing occupations would be those in which people essentially get their kicks from working with other people — psychologists, salesmen, teachers, social workers, and most Japanese managers. Finally, in the pathfinding category we find poets, artists, entrepreneurs, and leaders who have put their
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