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Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passagE.Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and drieD.Too little conflict breeds apathy (冷漠) and stagnation (呆滞). Too much conflict leads to divisiveness (分裂) and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativity and motivate people in a healthy and competitive way.
Recent research by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the executives worked for profit-seeking organizations and others for not-for-profit organizations.
Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specifically, managers in not-for-profit organizations strongly believed that conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promoted higher quality decision making than might be achieved in the absence of conflict.
Managers of for-profit organizations saw a different picturE.They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor-quality decision making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these results in terms of the criteria for effective decision making suggested by the executives. In the profit-seeking organizations, decision-making effectiveness was most often assessed in financial terms. The executives believed that consensus rather than conflict enhanced financial indicators.
In the not-for-profit organizations, decision-making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituents. Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents executives perceived that conflict led to more considered and acceptable decisions.
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根据下列文章,请回答 36~40 题。Valuing ChildhoodThe value of childhood is easily blurred(模糊)in today’s worlD.Consider some recent developments:The child-murderers in the Jonesboro,Ark Schoolyard shooting case were convicted and sentenceD.Two boys,7 and 8,were charged in the murder of an 11-year-old girl in Chicago.Children who commit horrible crimes appear to act of their own will.Yet,as legal.proceedings in Jonesboro showed,the one boy who was able to address the court couldn’t begin to explain his acts,though he tried to apologizE.There may have been a motive—youthful jealousy and resentment.But a deeper question remains:Why did these boys and others in similar trouble apparently lack any inner, moral restraint?That question echoes for the accused in Chica90,young as they arE.They wanted the girl’s bicycle,a selfish impulse common enough among kids.Redemption(拯救)is a practical necessity.How can value be restored to young lives distorted by acts of violence? The boys in Jonesboro and in Chicago will be confined in institutions for a relatively short timE.Despite horror at what was done,children are not—cannot be—dealt with as adults,not if a people wants to consider itself civilizeD.That’s why politicians’ cries for adult treatment of youthful criminals ultimately miss the point.But the moral void(真空)that invites violence has many sources.Family instability contributes.So does economic stress.That void,however, can be filleD.The work starts with parents。Who have to ask themselves whether they’re doing enough to give their children a firm sense of right and wrong.Are they really monitoring their activities and their developing processes of thought?Schools,too,have a role in building character.So do youth organizations.So do law enforcement agencies,which can do more to inform. the young about laws,their meaning,and their observance(遵守).第36题:The two boys in Chicago wereA.shot.B.murdereD.C.accuseD.D.set free
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