In recentyears, Western business managers have been heeding the exhortations of businessjournalists and academics to move their companies toward long-term,collaborative “strategic partnerships” with their external business partners(e.g., suppliers). Theexperts’ advice comes as a natural reaction to numerousstudies conducted during the past decade that compared Japanese production andsupply practices with those of the rest of the world. (15) The link between the success of a certainwell-known Japanese automaker and its effective management of itssuppliers, for example, has led to an (20)unquestioning belief within Western management circles in the value ofstrategic partnerships. Indeed, in the automobile sector all three UnitedStates manufacturers and most of their European competitors have launchedprograms to reduce their total number of suppliers and move toward havingstrategic partnerships with a few.
T-3-Q11 N-6-Q9The authormentions “the success of a certain well-known Japanese automaker” (lines 15-17)most probably in order to[W1]
A. demonstrate some of the possible reasons for thesuccess of a certain business practice
B. cite a specific case that has convincedWestern business experts of the value of a certain business practice
C. describe specific steps taken by Western automakersthat have enabled them to compete more successfully in a global market
D. introduce a paradox about the effect of a certainbusiness practice in Japan
E. indicate the need for Western managers to changetheir relationships with their external business partners
我选E。答案是B。
个人觉得the success of a certain well-known Japanese automaker不能算一个case吧。都没有谈到任何细节，怎么能算例子呢。
请各位指教。 | 
京公网安备11010202008513号 京ICP证101109号 京ICP备12012021号
发表于 2011-2-11 03:45:38
收藏
收藏
楼主