GWD-5-9

Q9 to Q12:

      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

I vote for answer E. Pls refer to the highlighted words.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

1. propose a particular change to business school curricula (not focus)
2. characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula  (not focus)
3. predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula  (not mention)
4. challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula (not mention)
5. identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

I vote for choice E. Pls refer to the highlighted words.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

1. propose a particular change to business school curricula (not focus)
2. characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula  (not focus)
3. predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula  (not mention)
4. challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula (not mention)
5. identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

我想再确认一下，IDENTIFY在选项中到底是甚么意思呢？

谢谢

而今辛苦了，谢谢。

identify，是确定、识别的意思。

这个题俺也在A与E之间徘徊，

但倾向与A，原因有2

1，全文第一句支持A

2，文章第一段，用了很大的篇幅对为什么Behavior science courses should be gaining prominence in business school curricula做了解释，并没有局限在the prestige of a particular field in business  这个一个范围内。

所以总体上讲A应该是文章的主要目的，而E更像是文章2。3段的总结。

同意楼上的观点。请大家解释啊。

请问E中的prestige在文章哪里有体现？

I think its A. if someone wants to choose E for No.9, how could he/she decide for NO.10? answer of No.10 is C with no conflict.

Q10:

The author of the passage mentions “empirical evidence” (line 10) primarily in order to

1. question the value of certain commonly used HR practices


2. illustrate a point about the methodology behind recent theoretical work in the behavioral sciences


3. support a claim about the importance that business schools should place on courses in the behavioral sciences


4. draw a distinction between two different factors that affect the financial success of a business


5. explain how the behavioral sciences have shaped HR practices in some business organizations