For decades, teachers, managers and parents have assumed that the performance of students and employees fits what's known as the bell curve — in most activities, we expect a few people to be ...

There is a long standing belief in business that people performance follows the Bell Curve (also called the ... information is transparent, and management is open and provides feedback.

Shattering the Bell Curve. By . David A. Shaywitz. Share. Resize. Life isn't fair. Many of the most coveted spoils -- wealth, fame, links on the Web -- are concentrated among the few.

The bell curve, a social science mainstay, describes the expected distribution of many things, including grades. For example: 5 percent A’s, 15 percent B’s, 60 percent C’s, 15 percent D’s ...

Mr. Murray revisited the arguments he made with co-author Richard Herrnstein in the book [The Bell Curve]. The book, originally published in 1994 by Touchstone Books, looks at the relationship ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Shaft directs our conversation of ‘Benjamin Button’ back to the ...

In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates, responds to an article by Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Beast that examines The Bell Curve.

The s-shaped growth curve is a staple of business strategy. It explains everything from product adoption to corporate growth—slow emergence, rapid acceleration, and eventually, a plateau. The ...