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 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

             

A.     propose a particular change to business school curricula

B.     characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula

C.     predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula

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

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

 

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Q10:

The author of the passage mentions “empirical evidence” (line 10) primarily in order to

             

A.     question the value of certain commonly used HR practices

B.     illustrate a point about the methodology behind recent theoretical work in the behavioral sciences

C.     support a claim about the importance that business schools should place on courses in the behavioral sciences

D.     draw a distinction between two different factors that affect the financial success of a business

E.      explain how the behavioral sciences have shaped HR practices in some business organizations

 

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Q11:

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

 

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

B.     Their work increasingly relies on an understanding of human behavior.

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

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

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

 

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Q12:

The author of the passage considers each of the following to be a factor that has contributed to the prevailing attitude in business schools toward the behavioral sciences EXCEPT

 

A.     business students’ sensitivity to current business norms and practices

B.     the relative status of HR professionals among business executives

C.     business schools’ reliance on legislatures, businesses, and private foundations for funding

D.     businesses’ tendency to value mechanistic organizational models over an understanding of human behavior

E.      theoretical work on the relationship between behavioral factors and a firm’s financial performance

第11题答案是D, 出题点是红色部分, 可是怎么理解那个FURTHERMORE后面的话啊? 尤其是那个LOWER 指的是什么啊.  不懂...

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Furthermore, the status of HR professionals within organizations tends to be lower than that of other executives.

此外，在组织中HR的地位比其它的executive要低。

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

HR相对其它executive的地位影响了商业学生对行为科学的态度。

据说实际情况也是如此，像在投行那个很牛的地方，HR就超级被鄙视。