请教GWD7-34一道主题型题目

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GWD7-Q34
to Q36:

    

      Firms traditionally claim that they

    

       downsize
(i.e., make permanent

    

       personnel
cuts) for economic reasons,

    

Line         laying
off supposedly unnecessary staff

    

  (5)      in
an attempt to become more efficient

    

and competitive.  Organization theory

    

would explain this reasoning as an

    

example of the “economic rationality”

    

that it assumes
underlies all organi-

    

 (10)       zational
activities.  There is evidence

    

that firms believe they
are behaving

    

rationally whenever
they downsize; yet

    

recent research has shown that the

    

actual economic effects
of downsizing

    

 (15)      are
often negative for firms.  Thus,

    

organization theory cannot adequately

    

explain downsizing;
            non-economic

    

factors must also be considered.

    

One such factor is the
evolution of

     (20)       downsizing into a powerful business


    

Q34:

    

The primary purpose of the passage is to

    

             

    

1. criticize firms for
        engaging in the practice of downsizing
2. analyze
        the negative economic impact of downsizing on firms
3. offer an alternative to a
        traditional explanation for the occurrence of downsizing
4. chronicle
        how perceptions of downsizing have changed over time
5. provide
        evidence disputing the prevalence
        of downsizing

    

ayang1017

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flyingceleste

Firms traditionally claim that they

       downsize (i.e., make permanent

       personnel cuts) for economic reasons,

Line laying off supposedly unnecessary staff

  (5)      in an attempt to become more efficient

and competitive.  Organization theory

would explain this reasoning as an

example of the “economic rationality”

that it assumes underlies all organi-

(10)       zational activities.  There is evidence

that firms believe they are behaving

rationally whenever they downsize; yet

recent research has shown that the

actual economic effects of downsizing

(15)      are often negative for firms.  Thus,

organization theory cannot adequately

explain downsizing; non-economic

factors must also be considered.

One such factor is the evolution of

(20)       downsizing into a powerful business

       myth:  managers simply believe that

       downsizing is efficacious.  Moreover,

downsizing nowadays is greeted

favorably by the business press; the

(25)      press often refers to soaring stock

prices of downsizing firms (even though

research shows that stocks usually

rise only briefly after downsizing and

then suffer a prolonged decline).

(30)      Once viewed as a sign of desperation,

downsizing is now viewed as a signal

that firms are serious about competing

       in the global marketplace; such signals

are received positively by key actors—

(35)       financial analysts, consultants,

shareholders—who supply firms with

vital organizing resources.  Thus, even

if downsizers do not become economi-

      cally more efficient, downsizing’s mythic

(40)      properties give them added prestige

in the business community, enhancing

their survival prospects.

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GWD-7-Q34:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

              

1. criticize firms for engaging in the practice of downsizing


2. analyze the negative economic impact of downsizing on firms


3. offer an alternative to a traditional explanation for the occurrence of downsizing


4. chronicle how perceptions of downsizing have changed over time


5. provide evidence disputing the prevalence of downsizing

Answer: (C)

这题我选了B，理由是标出部分，为何选C哪？哪里体现了这个alternative to a traditional explanation ？请教下大家，谢谢

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