GWD7 Q34求助，谢谢啦

littlebluesks

GWD7-35，36

Q34 to Q36:



      Firms traditionally claim that they



       downsize (i.e., make permanent

       personnel cuts) for economic reasons,

Line       laying off supposedly unnecessary staff

  (5)      in an attempt to become more efficient

and competitive.  Organization theory

would explain this reasoning as an

example of the “economic rationality”

that it assumes underlies all organi-

(10)      zational activities.  There is evidence

that firms believe they are behaving

rationally whenever they downsize; yet

recent research has shown that the

actual economic effects of downsizing

(15)      are often negative for firms.  Thus,

organization theory cannot adequately

explain downsizing; non-economic

factors must also be considered.

One such factor is the evolution of

(20)      downsizing into a powerful business

       myth:  managers simply believe that

       downsizing is efficacious.  Moreover,

downsizing nowadays is greeted

favorably by the business press; the

(25)      press often refers to soaring stock

prices of downsizing firms (even though

research shows that stocks usually

rise only briefly after downsizing and

then suffer a prolonged decline).

(30)      Once viewed as a sign of desperation,

downsizing is now viewed as a signal

that firms are serious about competing

       in the global marketplace; such signals

are received positively by key actors—

(35)    financial analysts, consultants,

shareholders—who supply firms with

vital organizing resources.  Thus, even

if downsizers do not become economi-

      cally more efficient, downsizing’s mythic

(40)     properties give them added prestige

in the business community, enhancing

their survival prospects.

!Q34

The primary purpose of the passage is to

offer an alternative to traditional explanation for the occurrence of downsizing



我理解的这篇文章不是主要在说downsizing其实不会带来more efficient么？文中有一部分没有看懂，即从once以后的他前面从yet以后不都是说downsizing的不好么，怎么从once以后又开始说好了呢？

cherry_rui

答案是在几个选项中比较得出的,这麽写谁知道?



做题方法首先要改.

gmat740740

A criticize firms for engaging in the practice of downsizing



B analyze the negative economic impact of downsizing on firms



C offer an alternative to a traditional explantion for the occurrence of downsizing



D chronicle how perceptions of downsizing have changed over time



E provide evidence disputing the prevalence of downsizing

flyfairy019

Thus,



organization theory cannot adequately



explain downsizing; non-economic



factors must also be considered.

文章L15-18行清楚地表明了与选项B不符。所以是C

bull11389

这个文章结构我觉得怪怪的，但是我知道它既有讲positive也有讲negative。而且也有以前的看法和现在的看法的不同

A criticize firms for engaging in the practice of downsizing  主要不是criticize firms，而是讲downsizing的好和不好

B analyze the negative economic impact of downsizing on firms 重点看不出是negative哦

C offer an alternative to a traditional explantion for the occurrence of downsizing 文章有说以前的观点是怎样的，后来又提供了现在的观点（所带来的好处）

D chronicle how perceptions of downsizing have changed over time 这选项挺迷惑的。记录了这个观点随着时间的变化是怎样改变的，好像也文章也确实没有描述得那么清楚，如果文章描述的是某个年代怎么样，另一个年代又怎么样，才会选择这个选项

E provide evidence disputing the prevalence of downsizing  文章没有讲downsizing 是很普遍的，更没有讨论这普遍性