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
答案是E.个人认为全篇都是在讲HR如何如何好,开头和末尾都强调了因为它好所以要进入学校课程...为什么不选A呢,答案E我看不太懂,呵呵
呵呵,“整篇文章都在讲HR如何如何好”对呀,所以如果没有HR,将会影响到 business school 的发展,而且文中指出了这一影响的因素。
A)propose a particular change to business school curricula 讲的是“提出一建议去改变HR course”可是原文讲的是HR的重要性,而并未提出什么针对措施去改正。
刚才仔细把文章看了一扁
答案E强调factors和prestige.我觉得都有问题,文章结构是:第一段,HR多么好多么好;第二段,HR不被学校学生重视,及其原因;第三段针对第二段提出解决问题的一些看法
我觉得谈不上factors,也不是identify factors,更加和学校的prestige无关(而是学好HR对经济是很重要的)。
整个文章就是强调那么多HR的好处就是为了propose一个change,让学校由不重视到重视,所以我还是觉得A好。虽然也许E比较像ets的正确答案。欢迎大家指正!
天,发现发错板块了
不好意思,我再阅读那边重新发了,实在是对不起
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