GWD4-9(主题题)behavior science文,答案疑问

Behavior science courses should

       be gaining prominence in business

       school curricula.  Recent theoretical

Line       work convincingly shows why behav-

  (5)      ioral factors such as organizational

culture and employee relations are

among the few remaining sources of

sustainable competitive advantage in

modern organizations.  Furthermore,

(10)      empirical evidence demonstrates

clear linkages between human

resource (HR) practices based in

the behavioral sciences and various

aspects of a firm’s financial success.

(15)      Additionally, some of the world’s most

successful organizations have made

unique HR practices a core element

of their overall business strategies.

      Yet the behavior sciences

(20)      are struggling for credibility in many

business schools.  Surveys show

that business students often regard

behavioral studies as peripheral to

       the mainstream business curriculum.

(25)      This perception can be explained by

the fact that business students, hoping

to increase their attractiveness to

prospective employers, are highly

sensitive to business norms and

(30)      practices, and current business

practices have generally been

moving away from an emphasis on

       understanding human behavior and

toward more mechanistic organiza-

(35)      tional models.  Furthermore, the

       status of HR professionals within

organizations tends to be lower

than that of other executives.

      Students’ perceptions would

(40)      matter less if business schools

were not increasingly dependent on

external funding—form legislatures,

businesses, and private foundations—

for survival.  Concerned with their

(45)      institutions’ ability to attract funding,

administrators are increasingly tar-

geting low-enrollment courses and

degree programs for elimination.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

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Q9:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

propose a particular change to business school curricula

characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula

predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula

challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula

identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

我的疑问：

1、A开宗明义（一段），而E又好像是文章重心所在（二，三段），而且二、三对一又没有明显的支持和总分关系。A,E难以决断，请指教

2、我做OG好像碰到过类似的例子，主题是来自于第二段的首句的，也就是说OG认为这样的文章，前面是引子，后面是主题。有人能找到具体例证吗？

3、碰到这种重心在后的文章，应该怎样确定文章主题？就看围绕某一观点的内容所占的比例吗？

thx~~

看了前人的讨论，有人说A并不是文章首句的意思，文章只是说应该gain more prominence, 没有说要change. Seems persuasive to me.

我选的是A.

如果是E的话，那么第一段好像没有必要存在。

很久没看阅读了，理由记不太清了。

这道题我以前选E，现在回过头来看答案应该是A。

要注意的是问题问的是写作目的，不是问这篇文章的主题是什么。这里文章一开头就用虚拟语气should be提出改善。下面列出原因为什么要改善：理论证明why...；经验证明....；团体中的重要作用。下面yet转折说行为科学在学校中的现状，后面又用到虚拟语气说明了学校不如何，学生就会如何，后果如何。所以这篇文章的目的就是建议改善。

这题的关键是：作者写这篇文章是想讲“事情”还是想分析“原因”。显然这是有明确观点的文章，identify factors只是在为观点服务，所以不可能做main idea。

我觉得看中心句很重要，第一句话：Behavior science courses should be gaining prominence in business school curricula.显然作者是在propose，他又明显的立场，而不止是在分析factors。

并且，identify factors只是一部分内容，是文章的后半部分，前半部分讲的是为什么bh理应占据重要地位。这两部分合起来才是为作者的观点服务：一件理应受到重视的事情却被冷落。

原来毫无疑问的选E的，现在有点晕了，希望有人再来讨论一下

好莫名啊，GWD4里的Q9的阅读不是说the case of Lone Wolf吗？好像不是这篇嘛

同意！同时想问一下B的work of scholarship什么意思？当时选了这个。谢了

Q9: The author of the passage is primarily concerned with

A. identifying similarities in two different theories

B. evaluating a work of scholarship

C. analyzing the significance of a historical event

D. debunking a revisionist interpretation

E. exploring the relationship between law and social reality

比较赞同这个。请nn说说E的理由吧

如果是E，那么第一段在干什么？