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rx_11 · 发表于 2010-7-16 20:24:45

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

Q11:
The author of the passage suggests which of the following about HR professionals in business organizations?

They are generally skeptical about the value of mechanistic organizational models.
Their work increasingly relies on an understanding of human behavior.
Their work generally has little effect on the financial performance of those organizations.
Their status relative to other business executives affects the attitude of business school students toward the behavioral sciences.
Their practices are unaffected by the relative prominence of the behavioral sciences within business schools.

答案选D。但是我读了两遍都没有看出HR status会影响学生对于behavioral sciences的态度，文章只是说：Furthermore, the status of HR professionals within organizations tends to be lower than that of other executives. 即只是说HR的地位降低了啊。。。

所以不明白为何此题选D。求解答···

魏小妞要出国 · 发表于 2010-7-25 14:26:59

这个地方要理解来看的
Yet the behavior sciences are struggling for credibility in many business schools（第二段的中心句）.
Surveys show that business students often regard behavioral studies as peripheral to the mainstream business curriculum. This perception can be explained（找出原因） by the fact that business students, hoping to increase their attractiveness to prospective employers, are highly sensitive to business norms and practices, and current business practices have generally been moving away from an emphasis on understanding human behavior and toward more mechanistic organizational models.（学生们更多关注的是mechanistic organizational models，而不是understanding human behavior ） Furthermore,（进一步说明） the status of HR professionals within organizations tends to be lower than that of other executives. （可以这么理解在学生心目中，HP的地位低于他们的主管，所以他们才不重视行为科学这门课）
所以选D

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