TT-GWD7关于behavior science

娜na

   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.

Q9:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

1. propose a particular change to business school curricula
2. characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula
3. predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula
4. challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula
5. identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

这道题为什么选E而不是A呢，我认为这篇文章通篇就是再讲商学院的课程设置应该加多一门课，E就好像是为了支持A而存在的阿

catherine_fo

我也选了A 为什么不是A？

graceguo98

我也选A了，不知道为什么？

graceguo98

GWD7-Q12

我在这里继续请教一个问题，文章同上。谢谢

Q12:

The author of the passage considers each of the following to be a factor that has contributed to the prevailing attitude in business schools toward the behavioral sciences EXCEPT

 

1. business students’ sensitivity to current business norms and practices
2. the relative status of HR professionals among business executives
3. business schools’ reliance on legislatures, businesses, and private foundations for funding
4. businesses’ tendency to value mechanistic organizational models over an understanding of human behavior

E  。theoretical work on the relationship between behavioral factors and a firm’s financial performance

答案E，

D中的over 是否等于原文的away? 这个over an inderstanding of human behavior ---通过人类行为的理解？ D也应该是错的，和原文说的不一样啊，原文说离开理解人类行为的重点， 而选项说通过over人类行为  

两者不应该是同一个意思，那么应该是错的，所以D应该是答案。当然E也明显不正确。

原文 current business  practices have generally been  moving away from an emphasis on understanding human behavior（这句话怎么理解？---当今的商业实践一般地离开重点在理解人类行为上） 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.

草稿纸

同问！

hughlv

我想，不选A的原因是change in curricula跟gain prominence in curricula还是不同的概念。第一段描述behavioral science在公司的重要性，但第二第三段都是在讨论它在business school curricula中变得越来越不重要的原因。如果是propose change的话，因为再有一段来阐述如何change以解决这些问题。

在我看来E更贴题些。

hughlv

GWD7-Q12
我在这里继续请教一个问题，文章同上。谢谢
Q12:
The author of the passage considers each of the following to be a factor that has contributed to the prevailing attitude in business schools toward the behavioral sciences EXCEPT

business students’ sensitivity to current business norms and practicesthe relative status of HR professionals among business executivesbusiness schools’ reliance on legislatures, businesses, and private foundations for fundingbusinesses’ tendency to value mechanistic organizational models over an understanding of human behavior

E  。theoretical work on the relationship between behavioral factors and a firm’s financial performance
答案E，
D中的over 是否等于原文的away? 这个over an inderstanding of human behavior ---通过人类行为的理解？ D也应该是错的，和原文说的不一样啊，原文说离开理解人类行为的重点， 而选项说通过over人类行为  
两者不应该是同一个意思，那么应该是错的，所以D应该是答案。当然E也明显不正确。
原文 current businesspractices have generally been  moving away from an emphasis on understanding human behavior（这句话怎么理解？---当今的商业实践一般地离开重点在理解人类行为上） 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.

-- by 会员 graceguo98 (2009/3/15 0:33:00)

over是与value搭配的。value A over B表示认为A比B更重要，等同于move away from B and toward A。