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      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

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
5. theoretical work on the relationship between behavioral factors and a firm’s financial performance

这题答案选E,只是不明白D为什么也contributed to the prevailing attitude in business schools toward the behavioral sciences .最后一段的意思我觉得是说: 如果商校不依靠外部赞助,学生的看法就不重要了.并没有提到商校依靠赞助这一情况对学生的看法有什么影响啊. 请大家帮忙看看,多谢了