GWD3-Q24(开新帖讨论 求斑竹解惑)

wangxiwei

Why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans is poorly understood.  However, theory and limited research suggest that the process through which such plans emerge may play a part.  In particular, top management decision-sharing—consensus-oriented, team-based decision-making—may increase the (10) likelihood that firms will adhere to their plans, because those involved in the decision-making may be more committed to the chosen course of action, thereby increasing the likelihood that (15) organizations will subsequently adhere to their plans.
       However, the relationship between top management decision-sharing and adherence to plans may be affected by a firm’s strategic mission (its fundamental approach to increasing sales revenue and market share, and generating cash flow and short-term profits).  At one end of the strategic mission continuum, “build” strategies are pursued when a firm desires to increase its market share and is willing to sacrifice short-term profits to do so. At the other end, “harvest” strategies are used when a firm is willing to sacrifice marked share for short-term profitability and cash-flow maximization.  Research and theory suggest that top management decision-sharing may have a more positive relationship with adherence to plans among firms with harvest strategies than among firms with build strategies.  In a study of strategic practices in several large firms, managers in harvest strategy scenarios were more able to adhere to their business plans.  As one of the managers in the study explained it, this is partly because “Typically all a manager has to do [when implementing a harvest strategy] is that which was done last year.”  Additionally, managers under harvest strategies may have fewer strategic options than do those under build strategies; it may therefore be easier to reach agreement on a particular course of action through decision-sharing, which will in turn tend to promote adherence to plans.  Conversely, in a “build” strategy scenario, individual leadership, rather than decision-sharing, may promote adherence to plans. Build strategies—which typically require leaders with strong personal visions for a firm’s future, rather than the negotiated compromise of the team-based decision—may be most closely adhered to when implemented in the context of a clear strategic vision of an individual leader, rather than through the practice of decision-sharing.

GWD3-Q24:
The passage cites all of the following as differences between firms using build strategies and firms using harvest strategies EXCEPT  
A.their willingness to sacrifice short-term profits in order to build market share
B.their willingness to sacrifice building market share in order to increase short-term profitability
C.the number of strategic options available to their managers
D.the relative importance they assign to maximizing cash-flow
E.how likely they are to employ decision-sharing in developing strategic plans

答案:E
原文" Research and theory suggest that top management decision-sharing may have a more positive relationship with adherence to plans among firms with harvest strategies than among firms with build strategies.  "  难道说的不是E么?还明确有比较!!!
GWD的阅读非要这么恶心人么?
我模拟了2套GWD  1错11个9个是阅读  2 错13个7个是阅读
求问真是考试比GWD的阅读题目恶心还是不恶心 ？ 要都是上面这类题目 那不得死人么？

mudiduange

Additionally, managers under harvest strategies may have fewer strategic options than do those under build strategies——C


At one end of the strategic mission continuum, “build” strategies are pursued when a firm desires to increase its market share and is willing to sacrifice short-term profits to do so. At the other end, “harvest” strategies are used when a firm is willing to sacrifice marked share for short-term profitability and cash-flow maximization. ——ABD

E没有体现

wangxiwei

"  这句话的意思:
研究表明:
firms with harvest strategies  比  firms with build strategies  与decision-sharing  有更积极的关系

我的思维有点混乱 赫赫 错误的理解了这句话
与develop是没啥关系 赫赫

InfiniteAlex

thanks a lot