gwd-4-v12

weiyu

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.               

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

business students’ sensitivity to current business norms and practices

the relative status of HR professionals among business executives

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

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

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

Answer is  E; Actually I choose A;

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

麻集爱

EXCEPT !

weiyu

以下是引用麻集爱在2004-6-11 18:23:00的发言：
EXCEPT !

I understand. Faint, I misunderstand the question.

Thanks MaJiAi.

fair_sword

不好意思，管题我要留着测试。给你回答完了，我就没得看了，呵呵，

fair_sword

奇怪！ 偶的第4套题9－12，跟你们不一样，怎么搞的？

Ivy2004

不明白为什么选A,
E不是第一段说的内容吗,跟那个观点在学校中的流行有什么关系呀?

robertchu

E does not contribute to the prevailing answer (thinking behavior courses are lessimportant), so E is the only right answer.

daisy9023305

我的这个题组是在GWD5的9-12耶???

sunshining

gwd5-9

请问第9题为什么不选A啊，文章第一句话Behavior science courses should  be gaining prominence in business

       school curricula.不是topic sentence吗？然后第一段说理论工作啊，等等，都证明了behavior science和financial success的关系。二段说但是b-school没有重视，有那些原因。文章作者难道不是主张change吗？

Q9:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

              

1. propose a particular change to business school curricula

2. characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula
3. predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula
4. challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula
5. identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

kenshin

以下是引用sunshining在2004-10-24 3:01:00的发言：

gwd5-9

请问第9题为什么不选A啊，文章第一句话Behavior science courses should  be gaining prominence in business

       school curricula.不是topic sentence吗？然后第一段说理论工作啊，等等，都证明了behavior science和financial success的关系。二段说但是b-school没有重视，有那些原因。文章作者难道不是主张change吗？

Q9:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

              

1. propose a particular change to business school curricula
   



2. characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula


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


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


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

我也有这样的疑问。

第一段：有关behavior的课程应该在商学院的课程中占有重要的地位，因为这种课程其实很有用的。

第二段：这种课程现在却不受重视，因为学生的认知问题。

第三段：不仅仅是学生的认知问题，也有学校方面出于资金来源的考虑。

于是我昏过去了，问题问primary purpose，也就是写作目的

选A吧，那就等于说，第二三段分析都是支持第一段做出change的proposal,但是后面这两段又只字未提怎么做change

选E吧，那就等于说，第一段就等于是个引子？作者先说了一大段一项课程应该得到更重要的地位，因为他很好，是为了引出后面关于导致其没有得到应有地位的讨论？好像也牵强阿