In an economic downturn, companies tempted to take advantage of Job applicants as unemployment rates rise should reconsider, for such actions could hurt these companies when the economy recovers. Researchers surveyed employees about their experiences as applicants with their current employers. Those who felt they had been treated unfairly during hiring were twice as likely to respond that they were looking for jobs outside their company, even after five years. Among the actions applicants considered unfair were slow responses from employers and pressure to accept offers quickly.
Which of the following would, if true, most strengthen the reasoning above?
The passage most clearly indicates that which of the following types of evidence
has been cited to support each of the theories mentioned in the first paragraph?
The primary purpose of the passage Is to
Art expert: If a painting is from the Hudson River School of the mid-nineteenth century United States, it will display a romantic reverence for landscape, portraying pastoral
scenes in which humans and nature coexist peacefully. The painting that was recently discovered in the attic of the old town hall dates from the 1850s and portrays a
pastoral landscape in which two couples are having a peaceful picnic. So the painting must be from the Hudson River School.
The critic’s argument is flawed in that it
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Although abundant in many areas of the southern United States, the evening bat has always been uncommon to rare across the northern part of its range—most of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio—their already small populations decreasing even further during the latter part of the twentieth century.
According to the passage, organizational ecology studies support which of the following statements regarding structurally equivalent organizations?
Many companies today are making new product development a central element of their competitive strategy. Because the potential benefits of successful product innovation are great—prolonged growth, superior financial returns, and strong investor interest-many companies offer employees incentives such as promotions and bonuses for developing new products, incentives not offered for innovations in other areas of the business, firms' priorities can also be shaped by their measurement systems, since these systems can directly measure returns from new products more immediately than they can measure returns from investments in such areas as organizational restructuring or innovations in marketing.
But the organizational culture of such companies can hurt them in the marketplace because a narrow focus on product development can ultimately detract from a firm's performance. For instance, a company's ability to profit from new products can be severely hampered if it has neglected other functions and business processes. If a company develops a superior new product but is unable to distribute and promote t rapidly, competitors with better distribution systems may copy the product and introduce It into the market before the innovator can profit from its innovation. In contrast, effective distribution, marketing, and accounting systems-that is, strong overall business systems -can act as entry barriers, deterring would-be competitors from entering a particular
The passage suggests which of the following about companies' investment in the development of new products?
Job candidates are prescreened through using administrative plus management skills assessments.
