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Q23 to Q26:




Why firms adhere to or deviate




from their strategic plans is poorly


understood.
However, theory and

Line
limited research suggest that the


(5)
process through which such plans

emerge may play a part.
In particular,

top management decision-sharing

consensus-oriented, team-based

decision-makingmay increase the


(10)
likelihood that firms will adhere to their

plans, because those involved in the

decision-making may be more com-

mitted 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


(20)
by a firm’s strategic mission (its fun-


damental approach to increasing


sales revenue and market share, and

generating cash flow and short-term

profits).
At one end of the strategic


(25)
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


(30)
are used when a firm is willing to

sacrifice market share for short-term

profitability and cash-flow maximiza-


tion.
Research and theory suggest

that top management decision-sharing


(35) 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


(40)
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 “[t]ypically all a


(45)
manager has to do [when implementing

a harvest strategy] is that which was

done last year.”
Additionally, man-

agers under harvest strategies may

have fewer strategic options than do


(50)
those under build strategies; it may

therefore be easier to reach agree-

ment on a particular course of action

through decision-sharing, which will

in turn tend to promote adherence


(55)
to plans.
Conversely, in a “build”

strategy scenario, individual leader-

ship, rather than decision-sharing,

may promote adherence to plans.

Build strategies—which typically


(60)
require leaders with strong perso-

nal visions for a firm’s future, rather

than the negotiated compromise

of the team-based decision—may

be most closely adhered to when


(65)
implemented in the context of a clear

strategic vision of an individual leader,

rather than through the practice of

decision-sharing.

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Q23:

Which of the following best describes the function of the first sentence (lines 17-24) of the second paragraph of the passage?

              

    A   To answer a question posed in the first sentence of the passage about why firms adopt particular strategic missions
    B  To refute an argument made in the first paragraph about how top management decision-making affects whether firms will adhere to their strategic plans
    C   To provide evidence supporting a theory introduced in the first paragraph about what makes firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plants
    D   To qualify an assertion made in the preceding sentence (lines 6-16) about how top management decision-making affects the likelihood that firms will adhere to their strategic plans

E   To explain a distinction relied on in the second paragraph (lines 17-68) regarding two different kinds of strategic missions

该题答案选E,但我认为该句没有说出distinction到底是什么.选了D.

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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

该题我选了C,理由是文中黄色填充部分.


请大家看一下这两道选什么?并解释一下是如何考虑的.

谢谢!

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23题,区别在与a firm’s strategic mission 不同,由括号可知使命的具体含义,而这正是二段两种策略的区别所在.一般一个段落的首句都是为本段服务的.

24题是EXCEPT题型,文中黄色突出的字有了fewer的比较,肯定是二者的一点区别.

E的how likely他们用共同决策的方法in developing strategic plans文中并没有体现,文中都是在说执行计划,而不是制定计划

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哈,终于有好心人回答了,谢谢啦!

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23题,区别在与a firm’s strategic mission 不同,由括号可知使命的具体含义,而这正是二段两种策略的区别所在 ...
onedayling 发表于 2010-7-3 09:57



    今天又读了一遍,觉得23题确实选E.

D选项错在qualify上,因为文章是完全认可第一段里所说的"原因",只不过又补充了一点.这称不上qualify.

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我觉得是D
因为distinction是为了说明decision-sharing和adhere to startegy关系的,作为首句是提示该段主要思想的。
其次,大家看看前后文:
In particular,

top management decision-sharing

consensus-oriented, team-based

decision-makingmay increase the


(10)
likelihood that firms will adhere to their

plans, because those involved in the

decision-making may be more com-

mitted 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


(20)
by a firm’s strategic mission (its fun-


damental approach to increasing


sales revenue and market share, and

generating cash flow and short-term

profits).



Conversely, in a “build”

strategy scenario, individual leader-

ship, rather than decision-sharing,

may promote adherence to plans.

Build strategies


strategy scenario, individual leader-

ship, rather than decision-sharing,

may promote adherence to plans.

Build strategies

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