[求助]GWD-3-23到底答案是什么啊，看了半天讨论贴，也不知道确定答案是什么

Q23 to Q26:

      Why firms adhere to or deviate

       from their strategic plans is poorly

       understood.  However, theory and

Line       limited research suggest that the

  (5)      process through which such plans

emerge may play a part.  In particular,

top management decision-sharing—

consensus-oriented, team-based

decision-making—may increase the

(10)      likelihood that firms will adhere to their

plans, because those involved in the

decision-making may be more com-

mitted to the chosen course of action,

thereby increasing the likelihood that

(15)      organizations will subsequently adhere

to their plans.

      However, the relationship between

top management decision-sharing and

adherence to plans may be affected

(20)      by a firm’s strategic mission (its fun-

       damental approach to increasing

       sales revenue and market share, and

generating cash flow and short-term

profits).  At one end of the strategic

(25)      mission continuum, “build” strategies

are pursued when a firm desires to

increase its market share and is willing

to sacrifice short-term profits to do so.

At the other end, “harvest” strategies

(30)      are used when a firm is willing to

sacrifice marked share for short-term

profitability and cash-flow maximiza-

       tion.  Research and theory suggest

that top management decision-sharing

(35)    may have a more positive relationship

with adherence to plans among firms

with harvest strategies than among

firms with build strategies.  In a study

      of strategic practices in several large

(40)     firms, managers in harvest strategy

scenarios were more able to adhere

to their business plans.  As one of the

managers in the study explained it,

this is partly because “[t]ypically all a

(45)      manager has to do [when implementing

a harvest strategy] is that which was

done last year.”  Additionally, man-

agers under harvest strategies may

have fewer strategic options than do

(50)      those under build strategies; it may

therefore be easier to reach agree-

ment on a particular course of action

through decision-sharing, which will

in turn tend to promote adherence

(55)      to plans.  Conversely, in a “build”

strategy scenario, individual leader-

ship, rather than decision-sharing,

may promote adherence to plans.

Build strategies—which typically

(60)      require leaders with strong perso-

nal visions for a firm’s future, rather

than the negotiated compromise

of the team-based decision—may

be most closely adhered to when

(65)      implemented in the context of a clear

strategic vision of an individual leader,

rather than through the practice of

decision-sharing.

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Q23:

Which of the following best describes the function of the first sentence (lines 17-24) of the second paragraph of the passage?

1. To answer a question posed in the first sentence of the passage about why firms adopt particular strategic missions


2. To refute an argument made in the first paragraph about how top management decision-making affects whether firms will adhere to their strategic plans


3. To provide evidence supporting a theory introduced in the first paragraph about what makes firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plants


4. To qualify an assertion made in the preceding sentence (lines 6-16) about how top management decision-making affects the likelihood that firms will adhere to their strategic plans


5. To explain a distinction relied on in the second paragraph (lines 17-68) regarding two different kinds of strategic missions

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觉得讨论的都很有道理！

23，D OR E？确定一下好吗？？

could anyone help to explain?

自己顶一下~~~

谢谢楼上的！

分享]GWD【13】【24】& 天山总结答案 上的答案是E~~ 看讨论都有说是D的，就蒙了。。。。

D, i agree.

答案因该是E了，段落的一开头就是一个however，表示对前面所说的一个转折，所以怎么可能是“To qualify an assertion made in the preceding sentence (lines 6-16) about how top management decision-making affects the likelihood that firms will adhere to their strategic plans”呢？

另外从意思上看也不对，lines 6-16说的是“decision-sharing"有助于“adhere to strategic plans"；lines 17-24说的是“a firm’s strategic mission”会影响到“ the relationship between top management decision-sharing and adherence to plans”，从后面的文章可以看到，对于“build strategy”，manager's leadership rather than decision-sharing will help a firm adhere to its strategic plans. 所以这句话并不是"qualify an assertion in the preceding sentence"。而实际上是对前面一句话的部分否定，也就是说"decision-sharing"不是在任何时候都可以"make a firm adhere to its strategic plans"的。

In my opinion, the correct answer should be "D". The sentence is "对前面一句话的部分否定", 但它更多的是对前面那句话的肯定，只是给它加了一个限制性的条件，那就是"harvest strategy". 这不正好是qualifying an assertion 的典型例子吗？

答案应该是D

转折意思(however)后给第一段的观点加了条件＝qualify。

二段首句还没来得及解释"explain"(harvest&build)两种策略的区别呢。