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标题: gwd4-22, 无论如何都是A [打印本页]

作者: lovesiqi4665 时间: 2011-7-28 06:21 标题: gwd4-22, 无论如何都是A

Q22 to Q25:

   Many managers are influenced by

   dangerous myths about pay that lead

   to counterproductive decisions about

Line    how their companies compensate

  (5)    employees.  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.

(10)    This myth leads to the assumption that

a company can simply lower its labor

costs by cutting wages.  But labor

costs and labor rates are not in fact

the same:  one company could pay

(15)    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

(20)    processes, or other factors.  The

   confusion of costs with rates per-

   sists partly because labor rates are

a convenient target for managers who

want to make an impact on their com-

(25)    pany’s budgets.  Because labor rates

are highly visible, managers can easily

compare their company’s rates with

those of competitors.  Furthermore,

labor rates often appear to be a

(30)    company’s most malleable financial

variable:  cutting wages appears an

easier way to control costs than such

   options as reconfiguring work pro-

cesses or altering product design.

(35)          The myth that labor rates and labor

costs are equivalent is supported by

business journalists, who frequently

confound the two.  For example, prom-

inent business journals often remark on

(40)    the “high” cost of German labor, citing

as evidence the average amount paid

to German workers.  The myth is also

perpetuated by the compensation-

consulting industry, which has its own

(45)    incentives to keep such myths alive.

First, although some of these con-

sulting firms have recently broadened

their practices beyond the area of

compensation, their mainstay con-

(50)    tinues to be advising companies on

changing their compensation prac-

tices.  Suggesting that a company’s

performance can be improved in

some other way than by altering its

(55)    pay system may be empirically cor-

rect but contrary to the consultants’

interests.  Furthermore, changes

to the compensation system may

appear to be simpler to implement

(60)    than changes to other aspects of an

organization, so managers are more

likely to find such advice from con-

sultants palatable.  Finally, to the

extant that changes in compensation

(65)    create new problems, the consultants

will continue to have work solving the

problems that result from their advice.

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Q22:

The author of the passage suggests which of the following about the advice that the consulting firms discussed in the passage customarily give to companies attempting to control costs?



A    It often fails to bring about the intended changes in companies’ compensation systems.
B    It has highly influenced views that predominate in prominent business journals.
C    It tends to result in decreased labor rates but increased labor costs.
D    It leads to changes in companies’ compensation practices that are less visible than changes to work processes would be.
E    It might be different if the consulting firms were less narrowly specialized.

作者: EthanEthan 时间: 2011-7-28 20:40

这题为什么是A，看不懂！

作者: flyfairy019 时间: 2011-7-29 06:21

The correct answer should be E, this question have been discussed in here, maybe MM can search it. If you still stick your views, pls give us your detail sloving process

作者: ChinaHawk 时间: 2011-7-29 21:03

应该是E "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."以及之后的话都表明consulting firms只专注于compensation,因为比较容易推行等等

作者: zhangmile 时间: 2011-7-30 05:58

欧怎么看答案都应该是 A.

E. less narrowly specialized, 文中提都没提，怎么会对呢？

最明显露骨的就是最后一句了，

Finally, to the extant that changes in conpensation create new problems,

the consultants will continute to have work solving the problems that reslut from their advice.

这还不选 A ?

作者: soojin3215 时间: 2011-7-31 10:18

We can conclude the answer should be E from the sentence below:
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.

作者: wenbowei911 时间: 2011-7-31 20:38

We can conclude the answer should be E from the sentence below:

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.

偶还是倾向于选A：
即便broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation的意思是consulting firms were narrowly specialized，可这句话(their mainstay continues to be advising companies on changing their compensation practices.)的意思不正是要告诉偶们:It would be no difference even though the consulting were not narrowly specialized吗？

欢迎继续讨论。。。

作者: rebecw 时间: 2011-8-1 06:24

I don't agree with A. It does not fail to bring the "intended changes" but the "intened results".

作者: abixiaoxinyue 时间: 2011-8-1 20:49

should be B;The myth is also

perpetuated by the compensation-

consulting industry, which has its own

(45) incentives to keep such myths alive.

作者: melissa_gao 时间: 2011-8-2 06:22

其实我觉得

although some of these con-

sulting firms have recently broadened

their practices beyond the area of

compensation, their mainstay con-

(50) tinues to be advising companies on

changing their compensation prac-

tices. 那已经是一个事实结果，是由consultants为了避免

contrary to the interests 造成的。选E的话不是把结果当原因了吗？

我支持A

作者: xyxxyxxyx 时间: 2011-8-2 20:40

I don't agree with A. It does not fail to bring the "intended changes" but the "intened results".
rebecw 发表于 2011-8-1 06:24

我想你是把这里的“intended changes”理解为作者所反对的labor rate等同于labor cost的观点下的“intended changes”了

其实，按照作者的态度，他所指的“intended changes”应该是不只是cutting wage, 而应该是能实现improved performance的changes, 所以a是对的

作者: fyf19871214 时间: 2011-8-3 06:23

反对A,因为一个system有新的problems，不表明fail.

作者: wenbowei911 时间: 2011-8-3 21:27

我想你是把这里的“intended changes”理解为作者所反对的labor rate等同于labor cost的观点下的 ...
xyxxyxxyx 发表于 2011-8-2 20:40

同意这个思路，实际上问题的核心就在于如何理解compensation systems了，如果只是理解为降低劳动成本labor rates，显然A不对。但从何处能看出作者将compensation systems包括improved performance呢？这是A问题的核心！

作者: samuelxie 时间: 2011-8-4 20:21

E

说不清楚，只是就觉得

作者: jingyunmao 时间: 2011-8-5 06:26

agree with A

Suggesting that a company’s

performance can be improved in

some other way than by altering its

(55) pay system may be empirically cor-

rect but contrary to the consultants’

interests.

文中强调了尽管consulting firms have broadened practice,但是他们仍然倾向于建议companies to alter their pay system，主要是上面highlight的原因。

而且文章的最后一句话也表明了作者认为consulting firms这么做的理由是continue to have work solving theproblems that result from their advice

作者: coffee0921 时间: 2011-8-5 21:21

我一开始选的是E, 后来看了答案仔细思考了一下觉得应该是A:
选E的唯一依据是如下的一句话:
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.
仔细推敲就会发现这句话WEAKEN选项E而非SUPPORT选项E.
这句话的意思是BRODEN THE CONSULTING FIRMS PRACTICES BEYOND THE AREA OF COMPENSATION并不能使这些CONSULTING FIMRS改变他们之前的选择: advising companies on changing their compensation practices. 一句话: Whether the consulting firms brodens their pratices makes no difference on their choices to advise companies on changing their compensation practices.
所以E确It might be different if the consulting firms were less narrowly specialized.肯定是错的. 因为IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE HOW BROAD THE CONSULTING FIRMS ARE SPECIALIZED.
觉得象是在考CR

作者: wangliming 时间: 2011-8-7 07:30

First, although some of these con-
sulting firms have recently broadened
their practices beyond the area of
compensation, their mainstay con-
(50)    tinues to be advising companies on
changing their compensation prac-
tices
这里说虽然这些咨询公司拓展了业务，但是其mainstay依然是基于 compensation consulting，所以期出发点还是贴合的。
Suggesting that a company’s
performance can be improved in
some other way than by altering its
(55)    pay system may be empirically cor-
rect but contrary to the consultants’
interests.
指出公司的业绩可以通过一些其它的途径得到改善除了改变pay system，以上内容可能是超级对，但是这和公司的incentive不符合，也就是应和了最前面那段
The myth is also
perpetuated by the compensation-
consulting industry, which has its own
(45)    incentives to keep such myths alive.

那么文章指出的是：咨询公司是基于自己的incentive才做出的这样的advise，所以即使其像E所说那样缩减业务，也依然改变不了本性，依然会提出违背自己所知正确决定的advise，从而perpetuate the myth alive

所以我支持A，

作者: leslielu 时间: 2011-8-7 19:59

我还是觉得E对，

A说的是没有改变 intended changes in companies’ compensation systems，这明显是错的，compensation system是改变的，没有改变的是labor cost，

咨询公司的办法就是通过改变compensation system来减少labor cost，本文想说的是这种方法不行。

如果考试遇到，我会选E。

作者: sunincity 时间: 2011-8-8 06:30

最后一句话和A的意思是不一样的吧~~

A说的是fail to bring about the ... changes in ... compensation systems 也就是说没能带来系统的改善
最后一句话说的是 changes in compensation creat new problems 系统的改善又带来了新的问题~就说明系统是可以改善的~

所以我觉得该选E~

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