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...earn a B, and the bottom 10% earn a C--and a send-off if they don't improve. Such "rank and yank" systems gained popularity in the 1990s, and about a third of companies now use them, up from 13% in 1997, according to the consulting firm DDI. "Of course, you don't want to make the B's feel bad, but you also want to instill a philosophy of continual improvement," says Noel Tichy, a management professor at the University of Michigan and a GE alumnus...