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A Correlation Study of Personal Entrepreneurial Competency and the Academic Performance in Operations Management of Business Administration Students

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This study aimed to determine the Academic Performance of the Business Administration 3rd Year students in Operations Management course in terms of the result of their Prelim Exam, Midterm Exam, and Semi-Final Exam. It also analyzed the Personal Entrepreneurial Competency rating. Results showed that the Business Administration students – major in Human Resource Development and Management obtained low score in Prelim and Midterm examination where they find it difficult to answer Math problems. Goal setting, Information seeking and Persistence are the Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies where the students obtained high scores. The demand for quality and information seeking revealed significant relationship in two major examinations in Operations Management.
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