GWD5－9 找不到讨论过的,讨论一下

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

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