GWD-5-9，5-11

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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

              

propose a particular change to business school curricula

characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula

predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula

challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula

identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

请问答案E中prestige（声望） 在文章里哪里有体现？

Q11:

The author of the passage suggests which of the following about HR professionals in business organizations?

They are generally skeptical about the value of mechanistic organizational models.

Their work increasingly relies on an understanding of human behavior.

Their work generally has little effect on the financial performance of those organizations.

Their status relative to other business executives affects the attitude of business school students toward the behavioral sciences.

Their practices are unaffected by the relative prominence of the behavioral sciences within business schools.

答案D有什么根据呀？

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Behavior science courses should be gaining prominence in business school curricula.  Recent theoretical work convincingly shows why behavioral factors such as organizational culture and employee relations are among the few remaining sources of sustainable competitive advantage in modern organizations.  Furthermore, empirical evidence demonstrates clear linkages between human resource (HR) practices based in the behavioral sciences and various aspects of a firm’s financial success.

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 are struggling for credibility in many business schools.  Surveys show that business students often regard behavioral studies as peripheral to the mainstream business curriculum.

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 practices, and current business practices have generally been moving away from an emphasis on understanding human behavior and toward more mechanistic organizational models.  Furthermore, the status of HR professionals within organizations tends to be lower than that of other executives. Students’ perceptions would matter less if business schools were not increasingly dependent on external funding—form legislatures, businesses, and private foundations—for survival.  Concerned with their institutions’ ability to attract funding, administrators are increasingly targeting low-enrollment courses and degree programs for elimination.

上述黑体字，1、2部分针对第9题。3部分针对11题。

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