GWD TN 23 11-15。恳请大牛帮我看下这篇阅读。

shalinzz

最后一题我选了c，感觉文中没有明确说明A，只说rates更好比较

VivienZheng

第一题应选A，从文章最后一句推出。

-- by 会员 lee0613 (2010/5/10 16:36:10)

我觉得推出选项A得是这句Suggesting that a company’s performance can be improved in some other way than by altering its pay system may be empirically correct but contrary to the consultants’ interests. 阴影部分说明consultant提供的方式不是empirically correct的，从而判定consultant的advice不能完全达到更改companies’ compensation systems的最初目的。

VivienZheng

Many managers are influenced by dangerous myths about pay that lead to counterproductive decisions about how their companies compensate employees.

举例其中一个myth：
定义：One such myth is that labor rates, the rate per hour paid to workers, are identical with labor costs, the money spent on labor in relation to the productivity of the labor force. This myth leads to the assumption that a company can simply lower its labor costs by cutting wages.  
作者更正定义：But labor costs and labor rates are not in fact the same:  one company could pay its workers considerably more than another and yet have lower labor costs if that company’s productivity were higher due to the talent of its workforce, the efficiency of its work processes, or other factors.  
错误定义产生原因：The confusion of costs with rates persists partly because 1）labor rates are a convenient target for managers who want to make an impact on their company’s budgets.  Because labor rates are highly visible, managers can easily compare their company’s rates with those of competitors.  2）Furthermore, labor rates often appear to be a company’s most malleable financial variable:  cutting wages appears an easier way to control costs than such options as reconfiguring work processes or altering product design.

上述错误定义的现实运用：
其一，商业记者的误用：The myth that labor rates and labor costs are equivalent is supported by business journalists, who frequently confound the two.  For example, prominent business journals often remark on the “high” cost of German labor, citing as evidence the average amount paid to German workers.  
其二，赔偿咨询行业的运用及原因：
The myth is also perpetuated by the compensation-consulting industry, which has its own incentives to keep such myths alive.
原因一First, although some of these consulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation, their mainstay continues to be advising companies on changing their compensation practices.  Suggesting that a company’s performance can be improved in some other way than by altering its pay system may be empirically correct but contrary to the consultants’ interests.  
原因二Furthermore, changes to the compensation system may appear to be simpler to implement than changes to other aspects of an organization . so managers are more likely to find such advice from consultants palatable.  
原因三Finally, to the extant that changes in compensation create new problems, the consultants will continue to have work solving the problems that result from their advice.

-- by 会员 lee0613 (2010/5/10 16:33:26)

传说中的逻辑图，看了让我茅塞顿开啊，内容立马就屡顺了，我怎么就分析不出来呢

jaze

上述错误定义的现实运用：
其一，商业记者的误用：The myth that labor rates and labor costs are equivalent is supported by business journalists, who frequently confound the two.  For example, prominent business journals often remark on the “high” cost of German labor, citing as evidence the average amount paid to German workers.  
其二，赔偿咨询行业的运用及原因：
The myth is also perpetuated by the compensation-consulting industry, which has its own incentives to keep such myths alive.
原因一First, although some of these consulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation, their mainstay continues to be advising companies on changing their compensation practices.  Suggesting that a company’s performance can be improved in some other way than by altering its pay system may be empirically correct but contrary to the consultants’ interests.  
原因二Furthermore, changes to the compensation system may appear to be simpler to implement than changes to other aspects of an organization . so managers are more likely to find such advice from consultants palatable.  
原因三Finally, to the extant that changes in compensation create new problems, the consultants will continue to have work solving the problems that result from their advice.

-- by 会员 lee0613 (2010/5/10 16:33:26)

这个你是怎么看出来的， 我读的时候， 怎么就没有想到， 我还在想： 这作者怎么讲了一下 记者， 又讲了一下咨询公司， 是什么用意呢？

jaze

俺是这么读的


（主题句）Many managers are influenced by dangerous myths about pay that lead to counterproductive decisions about how their companies compensate employees.  
（其中一个myth，并给出定义）One such myth is that labor rates, the rate per hour paid to workers, are identical with labor costs, the money spent on labor in relation to the productivity of the labor force.
（这个定义的后果）This myth leads to the assumption that a company can simply lower its labor costs by cutting wages.  
（作者对这个后果的看法）But labor costs and labor rates are not in fact the same:  one company could pay its workers considerably more than another and yet have lower labor costs if that company’s productivity were higher due to the talent of its workforce, the efficiency of its work processes, or other factors.  
（给出这个myth产生的原因）The confusion of costs with rates persists partly （1）because labor rates are a convenient target for managers who want to make an impact on their company’s budgets.  Because labor rates are highly visible, managers can easily compare their company’s rates with those of competitors.  （2）Furthermore, labor rates often appear to be a company’s most malleable financial variable:  cutting wages appears an easier way to control costs than such options as reconfiguring work processes or altering product design.

 （记者的态度）The myth that labor rates and labor costs are equivalent is supported by business journalists, who frequently confound the two.  For example, prominent business journals often remark on the “high” cost of German labor, citing as evidence the average amount paid to German workers.  
（咨询公司的态度）The myth is also perpetuated by the compensation-consulting industry, which has its own incentives to keep such myths alive.
给出原因
（1）First, although some of these consulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation, their mainstay continues to be advising companies on changing their compensation practices.  Suggesting that a company’s performance can be improved in some other way than by altering its pay system may be empirically correct but contrary to the consultants’ interests.  
（2）Furthermore, changes to the compensation system may appear to be simpler to implement than changes to other aspects of an organization . so managers are more likely to find such advice from consultants palatable.  （3）Finally, to the extant that changes in compensation create new problems, the consultants will continue to have work solving the problems that result from their advice

zongheimun

我也明白了。。。
我看错了那个选项，把different 看成了difficult。

但是还是觉得E说得通，虽然现在知道A对。E怎么排除？因为A对排除E？

-- by 会员 gracezz (2010/5/27 16:07:19)

althoughsome of these con-sulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation,
这句可以看出，其实一些咨询公司已经扩展了制订薪水以外的业务，（尽管他们的主营业务依旧是工资方面的）
E项说It might be different if the consulting firmswere less narrowly specialized， 并没有说改变的程度，如果像文中所说，拓宽了一点，但其结果还是没有变化的。所以并不准确。
而A项 A.     It often fails to bringabout the intended changes in companies’ compensation systems.
通过文中 Suggesting that a company’s performance can beimproved in some other way than by altering its pay system may be empiricallycorrect but contrary to the consultants’ interests. 可以得到

ssyy23

全篇解析吧

edwinwos

Many managers are influenced by dangerous myths about pay that lead to counterproductive decisions about how their companies compensate employees.

举例其中一个myth：
定义：One such myth is that labor rates, the rate per hour paid to workers, are identical with labor costs, the money spent on labor in relation to the productivity of the labor force. This myth leads to the assumption that a company can simply lower its labor costs by cutting wages.  
作者更正定义：But labor costs and labor rates are not in fact the same:  one company could pay its workers considerably more than another and yet have lower labor costs if that company’s productivity were higher due to the talent of its workforce, the efficiency of its work processes, or other factors.  
错误定义产生原因：The confusion of costs with rates persists partly because 1）labor rates are a convenient target for managers who want to make an impact on their company’s budgets.  Because labor rates are highly visible, managers can easily compare their company’s rates with those of competitors.  2）Furthermore, labor rates often appear to be a company’s most malleable financial variable:  cutting wages appears an easier way to control costs than such options as reconfiguring work processes or altering product design.

上述错误定义的现实运用：
其一，商业记者的误用：The myth that labor rates and labor costs are equivalent is supported by business journalists, who frequently confound the two.  For example, prominent business journals often remark on the “high” cost of German labor, citing as evidence the average amount paid to German workers.  
其二，赔偿咨询行业的运用及原因：
The myth is also perpetuated by the compensation-consulting industry, which has its own incentives to keep such myths alive.
原因一First, although some of these consulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation, their mainstay continues to be advising companies on changing their compensation practices.  Suggesting that a company’s performance can be improved in some other way than by altering its pay system may be empirically correct but contrary to the consultants’ interests.  
原因二Furthermore, changes to the compensation system may appear to be simpler to implement than changes to other aspects of an organization . so managers are more likely to find such advice from consultants palatable.  
原因三Finally, to the extant that changes in compensation create new problems, the consultants will continue to have work solving the problems that result from their advice.

-- by 会员 lee0613 (2010/5/10 16:33:26)

超强的文章 归纳能力啊！ LZ强啊！

edwinwos

俺是这么读的


（主题句）Many managers are influenced by dangerous myths about pay that lead to counterproductive decisions about how their companies compensate employees.  
（其中一个myth，并给出定义）One such myth is that labor rates, the rate per hour paid to workers, are identical with labor costs, the money spent on labor in relation to the productivity of the labor force.
（这个定义的后果）This myth leads to the assumption that a company can simply lower its labor costs by cutting wages.  
（作者对这个后果的看法）But labor costs and labor rates are not in fact the same:  one company could pay its workers considerably more than another and yet have lower labor costs if that company’s productivity were higher due to the talent of its workforce, the efficiency of its work processes, or other factors.  
（给出这个myth产生的原因）The confusion of costs with rates persists partly （1）because labor rates are a convenient target for managers who want to make an impact on their company’s budgets.  Because labor rates are highly visible, managers can easily compare their company’s rates with those of competitors.  （2）Furthermore, labor rates often appear to be a company’s most malleable financial variable:  cutting wages appears an easier way to control costs than such options as reconfiguring work processes or altering product design.

（记者的态度）The myth that labor rates and labor costs are equivalent is supported by business journalists, who frequently confound the two.  For example, prominent business journals often remark on the “high” cost of German labor, citing as evidence the average amount paid to German workers.  
（咨询公司的态度）The myth is also perpetuated by the compensation-consulting industry, which has its own incentives to keep such myths alive.
给出原因
（1）First, although some of these consulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation, their mainstay continues to be advising companies on changing their compensation practices.  Suggesting that a company’s performance can be improved in some other way than by altering its pay system may be empirically correct but contrary to the consultants’ interests.  
（2）Furthermore, changes to the compensation system may appear to be simpler to implement than changes to other aspects of an organization . so managers are more likely to find such advice from consultants palatable.  （3）Finally, to the extant that changes in compensation create new problems, the consultants will continue to have work solving the problems that result from their advice

-- by 会员 jaze (2011/3/4 14:44:46)

我很佩服你们的分析文章结构的能力啊！ 超强！LZ，marry me！

kwok1123

E不是很明显的无关选项吗？我觉得用排除法可得出A。