GWD-23-26&27

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1.                  GWD-23-Q25-Q27 组织价值观如何影响管理者决策

      A pressing need in the study of   

              organizations is for more research    

              into how an organization’s values (an

Line  organization’s guiding principles and

  (5)  beliefs as perceived by its members)

affect managerial decision-making.

Traditional theories have been based  

on a “rational model,” which focuses  

on the decision-maker and either        

 (10)  ignores the organizational value cli-      

mate or conveniently assumes that the

organization’s values are consistent or

clearly prioritized.  In reality, however,

decisions are shaped not only by a     

 (15)  manager’s own values, but also by        

those of the corporate culture and of

organizational superiors.  A recent

study found that managers’ most        

stressful decisions involved “value       

 (20)  contention” (conflicts among any of

              these sets of values).  Furthermore,

              different types of organizational value

systems were associated with differ-   

ent frequencies of contending values    

 (25)  as well as with different types of man-

agerial response.  Explicit corporate

values, for example, produced a          

greater percentage of decisions that     

were stressful due to value conten-

 (30)  tion.  Hidden values (those that an        

organization practices but does not     

acknowledge or which a superior

              furtively pursues in opposition to the

values of the organization) produced

 (35) a lower level of value contention.

Although explicit values created         

more value contention, they were        

nonetheless more likely to produce

             flexible, well-reasoned decisions.

 (40) Conversely, managers perplexed by      

hidden values reported feeling unable  

to identify an appropriate range of

options.

 

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Q26:

The passage identifies which of the following as a way in which hidden corporate values affect managerial decision-making?

                       

1. They tend to discourage consultation with organizational subordinates and superiors.
2. They tend to undermine managers’ confidence in their own ability to determine the available alternatives.

3. They tend to produce a heightened degree of value contention.
4. They tend to produce a heightened degree of conflict among different levels of the organizational structure.
5. They tend to cause greater anxiety among managers than do explicit corporate values.

我选了E

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Q27:

According to the passage, value contention has been shown to affect managers by

                       

1. decreasing their ability to conform to the values of the organization
2. decreasing their ability to discern clearly the guiding principles and beliefs of the organization
3. narrowing their range of options in the decision-making process
4. increasing the frequency and intensity of conflicts with superiors and subordinates
5. increasing the level of mental or emotional strain that accompanies the decision-making process

我选了D

还是没搞懂，烦请各位大牛指点，多谢！！！

jessica_cxy

不是nn,试着回答以下：

26、（B）They tend to undermine managers’ confidence in their own ability to determine the available alternatives.分别对应如下：

 (40) Conversely, managers perplexed by      

hidden values reported feeling unable  

to identify an appropriate range of

options.
     

         （D）原文用只是说hidden values会使managers perplexed，但并没说有在perplexed的程度上进行比较

         （D）原文用只是说hidden values会使managers perplexed，但并没说有在perplexed的程度上进行比较

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-1-30 23:01:53编辑过]

jessica_cxy

27、（E）increasing the level of mental or emotional strain that accompanies the decision-making process 对应如下：

A recent study found that managers’ most        

stressful decisions involved “value       

 (20)  contention” (conflicts among any of

              these sets of values). 

(D)中，原文仅仅说associate with(有关) different frequencies，并没有说会increasing the frequecy，而且也没有提到subordinates

请指正！

xiaolishally

 26-managers perplexed by      

hidden values reported feeling unable  

to identify an appropriate range of

options.
                    

27-Explicit corporate

values, for example, produced a          

greater percentage of decisions that     

were stressful due to value contention

27-Explicit corporate

values, for example, produced a          

greater percentage of decisions that     

were stressful due to value contention