6. Mariana was thinking one day about how to improve the weekly beneficial talks given by thespeakers they invite. She said to Medro: "we need to agree upon a set of criteria on whichwe will evaluate each speaker, e.g., speaks clearly, motivating, sticks to the time.... We willthen tell the speakers how we will be evaluating them. We will inform them that if they get a totalperformance grade of 85% and above, they will be invited back to speak again. In their speakerperformance monitoring, feedback, and control system,a. The 85% is the feedbackb. The 85% is the controlO c. The 85% is the standardd. The 85% is the vision

A standard is something which is set up by general consent or mutually agreed upon principles to…

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