GWD5-9

[liwuu]

Q9 to Q12:
Behavior science courses should
be gaining prominence in business
school curricula. Recent theoretical
work convincingly shows why behav-
ioral factors such as organizational
culture and employee relations are
among the few remaining sources of
sustainable competitive advantage in
modern organizations. Furthermore,
empirical evidence demonstrates
clear linkages between human
resource (HR) practices based in
the behavioral sciences and various
aspects of a firm’s financial success.
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
are struggling for credibility in many
business schools. Surveys show
that business students often regard
behavioral studies as peripheral to
the mainstream business curriculum.
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
practices, and current business
practices have generally been
moving away from an emphasis on
understanding human behavior and
toward more mechanistic organiza-
tional models. Furthermore, the
status of HR professionals within
organizations tends to be lower
than that of other executives.
Students’ perceptions would
matter less if business schools
were not increasingly dependent on
external funding—form legislatures,
businesses, and private foundations—
for survival. Concerned with their
institutions’ ability to attract funding,
administrators are increasingly tar-
geting low-enrollment courses and
degree programs for elimination.

Q9:
The primary purpose of the passage is to
A.propose a particular change to business school curricula
B.characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula
C.predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula
D.challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula
E.identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

這一題答案為E...我選A!!因為覺得E答案只是表達出第二段...而從最後一段來看感覺全文好像有A的意思...大家覺得呢?!

[Behemoth]

這題我也跟你一樣 一開始也選a

後來想想 還是e較好

文中似乎沒提到要把課程改變 只是說行為科學課要受重視 說不定已經有這課了

所以不一定要改變 那麼a就不好了....

再來,除了第一句話,文章都在講哪些因素導致這課程不受重視

所以e會比較好~

[liwuu]

b大感謝答覆,我另外想請問一下,因為我post文章並沒有分段好,以下為此文章的最後一段
Students’ perceptions would
matter less if business schools
were not increasingly dependent on
external funding—form legislatures,
businesses, and private foundations—
for survival. Concerned with their
institutions’ ability to attract funding,
administrators are increasingly tar-
geting low-enrollment courses and
degree programs for elimination.

我覺得主要是這最後一段讓我有想選a的衝動,不知道是不是我誤解這一段的意思,我覺得這一段很有proposal的味道,請問一下B大對於這最後一段的解讀為何?謝囉...

[Behemoth]

這裡是說如果學校不靠外部資金,學生對行為科學課程的想法就不重要
但是學校要靠外部資金,所以學生認為該課程不重要的想法就需要考慮
所以學校打算把該課程砍掉
但其實文章一開頭就說不要砍
所以沒有change的問題~
其實這裡還是在解釋為何該課程不受歡迎的原因..

如果砍了,才是有change,那麼a就對了

[davidlee0222]

還有幾分鐘上課
小弟速解看看

Behavior science courses(開門見山主辭出現) should
be gaining(修辭:看到假設用法表與事實不符-直接預測全文為強推商學院課程文章) prominence(強力正向辭-可考作者偏好) in business
school curricula(課程-要背). Recent(新舊對比看清楚) theoretical(提到理論表示實際有出入-直接預測下文)
work convincingly(作者態度用詞-表作者強力支持) shows(看清楚顯示蛇麼) why behav-
ioral factors such as(舉例先跳) organizational
culture and employee relations are(跳到這裡主要動辭)
among the few(很少的-表示日漸衰微) remaining sources of
sustainable(強力用辭) competitive advantage in
modern organizations(回頭看跳過啥-原來是類似課程,有概念就好). Furthermore,(直接預測下文-繼續強推)
empirical evidence(出現實例舉證-且用empirical強推) demonstrates
clear(強烈正向詞) linkages between(A與B有關聯) human
resource (HR-A) practices (後分詞片語補述先跳過)based in
the behavioral sciences and (B)various
aspects of a firm’s financial success.(舉實證指HR跟公司財務成功有強烈相關)
Additionally,(在預測順向下文-建議take note) some of the world’s most
successful organizations(主詞) have made
unique HR practices a core element(成功公司把獨特的HR人力資源視為核心策略元素)
of their overall business strategies.

看完要知第一段功能為
提出作者強烈支持的主張並列舉理論及實證支持

第一段都講好的,可以有心理準備下段應該有問題

Yet(看到直接預測整段,應該會講一堆缺點) the behavior sciences
are struggling(強力負向用詞) for credibility(重視度) in many
business schools(全段主旨). Surveys(有調查佐證-以知結果直接快掃) show
that business students often regard(視A為B-快坐電梯去找as在哪)
behavioral studies as(找到-視行為學為邊緣路線) peripheral(邊際的-要背) to
the mainstream business curriculum.
This perception(不重視行為學的概念) can be explained(解釋原因看清楚) by
the fact(此三自是廢話) that business students(後2鬥號補述先跳), hoping
to increase their attractiveness to
prospective employers, are(主要動詞在這兒) highly
sensitive(對何敏感) to business norms and
practices(對公司規章謹慎), and current business
practices have generally been
moving away from(from A to B-從A移到B-快找A跟B各是誰) (A)an emphasis on
understanding human behavior and
toward (B)more mechanistic organiza-
tional models(公司從強調對人行為的了解轉移到組織機制,前面跳過學生目的是得到老闆注意). Furthermore(順向預測下文-還有問題), the
status(主詞) of HR professionals (後補述是哪些專家-先跳)within
organizations tends(動詞在這) to be lower
than that of other executives(HR專業人員地位比其他專業經理低).
Students’ perceptions(主詞) would
matter less if(本難句要倒過來看-先看後面條件再看前面結果如何) business schools
were not increasingly dependent on
external funding(破哲號跳過)—form legislatures,
businesses, and private foundations—
(跳來這兒)for survival(若學校不那麼仰賴公司贊助,學生態度會影響較少). (已知前概念,後面細節不用看-掃看對不對)Concerned with their
institutions’ ability to attract funding,
administrators are increasingly tar-
geting low-enrollment courses and
degree programs for elimination.
(果然重複倒數第二句-因為要吸引企業贊助,校方刪減選課人數較少的課程-可考infer:行為學的選課學生少)

拍水..
上課去~

[best555tw]

Q17:
The author of the passage suggests which of the following about HR professionals in business organizations?

A. They are generally skeptical about the value of mechanistic organizational models.
B. Their work increasingly relies on an understanding of human behavior.
C. Their work generally has little effect on the financial performance of those organizations.
D. Their status relative to other business executives affects the attitude of business school students toward the behavioral sciences.
E. Their practices are unaffected by the relative prominence of the behavioral sciences within business schools.

這一題為什麼選D?
D選項是什麼意思
C為什麼不對?
題目剛開始不是說Behavior science courses should
be gaining prominence in business
school curricula.
後來又說他們的地位在組織裡面不如execute
所以我覺得是C???????

[cocaine]

Q17:
The author of the passage suggests which of the following about HR professionals in business organizations?

A. They are generally skeptical about the value of mechanistic organizational models.
B. Their work increasingly relies on an understanding of human behavior.
C. Their work generally has little effect on the financial performance of those organizations.
D. Their status relative to other business executives affects the attitude of business school students toward the behavioral sciences.
E. Their practices are unaffected by the relative prominence of the behavioral sciences within business schools.

這一題為什麼選D?
D選項是什麼意思
C為什麼不對?
題目剛開始不是說Behavior science courses should
be gaining prominence in business
school curricula.
後來又說他們的地位在組織裡面不如execute
所以我覺得是C???????

Their work generally has little effect on the financial performance of those organizations
是說那些工作在對於那些組織的財務表現上並沒有太大作用.
可是文中有說HR是在企業中是蠻重要的,只是有些地方...
你在看看吧...

[davidlee0222]

理想狀況下在學術中人資應該要很重要
但事實上在企業中人資主管往往地位不如其他部門主管

文中有講人資在某些情況下與財務成功有關

[best555tw]

thank cocaine and davidlee0222

then
剛剛又做了一遍
我覺得第9題A好像比較好
E只是在講第二段
A才是他的purpose

any other explaination?

[wangdaven]

其實(A)和(E)都各有些道理,但是我讀完的感覺:
(A),我沒有辦法明確講出change是什麼,同時我覺得change這個字,在ETS使用的邏輯往往是指一種態度或立場180度的轉換,而不是程度的高低,文章這裡只是告訴我們:behavior science應該被賦予更高的地位,嚴格來說,似乎不算改變
(E),第三段我覺得其實是在說另一個為什麼behavior science不受重視的因素:funding,所以這篇文章花了2/3段講了三個因素影響behavior science的地位:吸引顧主的注意/HR主管地位的低落/外來的資金,若又以文章比重而言,(E)也比(A)好

大家以為呢?

[evelight]

一開始選A，後來再仔細看過一遍，覺得E比較符合文章架構

第一段: 商學院應該要重視BS課程
第二段: yet轉折語氣說明現實(商學院並不重視BS)

之後的二三段全在『商學院不重視BS』的氣氛下說明造成此一現實的原因
第二段是學生&業界角度
第三段是學校角度
每個面都分析了

所以我覺得重點是E
A只講到第一段
而且選項中的change意思很模糊
文章中也沒有提到change的實際內容

[rola1225]

那請問一下，為何Q 11 的答案是 D 不是 B ??

[maronchen1103]

關於第9題...我有一點看法
我原來是選A....仔細考慮過後 我同意E
整篇文章只有第一句提到要重視組織行為
第一段後來就在引用證據為什麼要這樣做
第二段明顯在說為什麼沒有重視的各個原因

換句話說 整篇文章並沒有提到how to change
(A)中用propose a change, 那文章應要提到change 的內容
所以A錯

我是這樣想的啦！！

[davidslin]

那請問一下，為何Q 11 的答案是 D 不是 B ??

GWD-5-Q11:
The author of the passage suggests which of the following about HR professionals in business organizations?

A.They are generally skeptical about the value of mechanistic organizational models.
B.Their work increasingly relies on an understanding of human behavior.
C.Their work generally has little effect on the financial performance of those organizations.
D.Their status relative to other business executives affects the attitude of business school students toward the behavioral sciences.
E.Their practices are unaffected by the relative prominence of the behavioral sciences within business schools.

Furthermore, the
status of HR professionals within
organizations tends to be lower
than that of other executives.

全文中有提到HR professionals 只有這一句喔,B整個文章中未提到

[hjp1077]

想請問一下Q12 題.
答案為E的原因.
是否因為E選項 與 文章Line 9~14 所表達不同呢

謝謝!!