GMAT考试过程中
GWD-12-Q33:
Several of a certain bank’s top executives have recently been purchasing shares in their own bank. (describes the circumstance the explanation of which is the issue that the argument addresses)
This activity has occasioned some surprise, since it is widely believed that the bank, carrying a large number of bad loans, is on the brink of collapse.
Since the executives are well placed to know their bank’s true condition, it might seem that their share purchases show that the danger of collapse is exaggerated.
However, the available information about the bank’s condition is from reliable and informed sources, and corporate executives do sometimes buy shares in their own company in a calculated attempt to calm worries about their company’s condition.
On balance, therefore, it is likely that the executives of the bank are following this example. (states the main conclusion of the argument.)
天山Q3:
Business Consultant:
Some corporations shun the use of executive titles because they fear that the use of titles indicating position in the corporation tends to inhibit communication up and down the corporate hierarchy.
(consideration that has led to the adoption of a certain strategy)
Since an executive who uses a title is treated with more respect by outsiders, however, use of a title can facilitate an executive’s dealings with external businesses.
(a reason against adopting that strategy)
The obvious compromise is for these executives to use their corporate titles externally but not internally, since even if it is widely known that the corporation’s executives use executive titles outside their organization, this knowledge does not by itself inhibit communication within the corporation.