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文章agk99 » 2005-01-15 14:39

請教大衛

competitive advantages for individual firms. Resource-based theory(由理論來解答) offers an answer, asserting that, in general, firms gain competitive advantages by accumulating resources that are economically valuable, relatively scarce, and not easily replicated. According to a recent study(有理論通常會有實際現象,用實際現象繼續解釋) of retail firms, which confirmed that IT has become pervasive and relatively easy to acquire(先跳過不看,最後再回來看), IT by itself appeared to have conferred little advantage. In fact, though little evidence of any direct effect was found, the frequent negative correlations between IT and performance suggested that IT had probably weakened some firms’ competitive positions.(本文


類似紅色畫線部分,很多人是會跳過不看,但結果就考了5-23

GWD-5-Q23:
The passage suggests that proponents of resource-based theory would be likely to explain IT’s inability to produce direct competitive advantages for individual firms by pointing out that

a.IT is not a resource that is difficult to obtain
b.IT is not an economically valuable resource
c.IT is a complex, intangible resource
d.economic progress has resulted from IT only in the service sector
e.changes brought about by IT cannot be detected by macroeconomic measures



你的方法是什麼,如何回來定位。因為如果第一次沒看,你會不知是要定位到原來有看到看不太清楚的地方

或是那些原本先跳的地方
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文章davidlee0222 » 2005-01-23 14:43

真是抱歉抱歉
AGK老大問小弟問題
小弟居然沒發現..
還請老大海涵

先回答AGK大大的問題
小弟個人是以"句"為單位進行"兩段式"速讀
每句抓完主要結構到句點,會回頭去"拎"次要結構
因此每句看完都會抓到完整句意及前後文功能
而且超快
基本上不太會出現遺漏
也不太需要回文
因為該take note的在讀文時就take好了
真要回文只有為了比對note跟原文是否有遺漏
或有的太細take note會浪費時間
只標行數回去看

當初小弟做這篇時
是跟讀書會現場破解
記得是讀完不到10分鐘全對
由於克麗斯汀在場
因此之前才請她進行解說

小弟將本文再做詳細示範

紅色為主要結構
主辭加底線
次要結構用咖啡色
不重要的"補述的補述"用紫色
重要關鍵字用粗體

因此以句為單位第一次只看紅字(可伴咖啡字)
一次看到句點了解主軸
再回到該句看補述有沒有補充蛇麼

Most pre-1990 literature on businesses’use of information technology (IT) —(破折號先跳,先找動詞,到句點再回頭拎) defined as any form of computer-based information systemfocused (主要動詞)on spectacular IT successes and reflected a general optimism concerning IT’s potential as a resource for creating competitive advantage.( 主辭是"舊文獻",探視IT的成功及樂觀反應,認為IT使用可以產生競爭力)
But toward the end of the 1980’s, some economists spoke of a "productivity paradox”: despite huge IT investments, most notably in the service sectors, productivity stagnated(主要動辭).
In the retail industry, for example, in which IT had been widely adopted during the 1980’s, productivity (average output per hour) rose at an average annual rate of 1.1 percent between 1973 and 1989, compared with 2.4 percent in the preceding 25-year period. Proponents of IT argued that it takes both time and a critical mass of investment for IT to yield benefits, and some suggested that growth figures for the 1990’s proved these benefits were finally being realized. They also argued that measures of productivity ignore what would have happened without investments in ITproductivity gains might have been even lower. There were even claims that IT had improved the performance of the service sector significantly, although macroeconomic measures of productivity did not reflect the improvement.


But some observers questioned why,(有人又提出質疑) if IT had conferred economic value, it did not produce direct competitive advantages for individual firms. Resource-based theory offers an answer, asserting that, in general, firms gain competitive advantages by accumulating resources that are economically valuable, relatively scarce, and not easily replicated. According to a recent study of retail firms, which confirmed that IT has become pervasive and relatively easy to acquire(先跳過,到句點再回來拎), IT by itself appeared to have conferred little advantage(到句點回頭看掠過的有補充啥?-原來是研究說IT對(IT易得的)零售商沒蛇麼用). In fact, though little evidence of any direct effect was found, the frequent negative correlations between IT and performance suggested that IT had probably weakened some firms’ competitive positions. However, firms’ human resources, in and of themselves, did(強調) explain improved performance, and some firms gained IT-related advantages by merging IT with complementary resources, particularly human resources.The findings support the notion, founded in resource-based theory, that competitive advantages do not arise from easily replicated resources, no matter how impressive or economically valuable they may be(先看由哪裡取得,再回來看不是由哪裡取得), but from complex, intangible resources.



GWD-5-Q23:
The passage suggests that proponents of resource-based theory would be likely to explain IT’s inability to produce direct competitive advantages for individual firms by pointing out that

理論說:IT對那些(易得IT的)零售商沒蛇麼幫助
A對

a.IT is not a resource that is difficult to obtain
b.IT is not an economically valuable resource
c.IT is a complex, intangible resource
d.economic progress has resulted from IT only in the service sector
e.changes brought about by IT cannot be detected by macroeconomic measures

B錯
C錯
D不是只有在服務部分
E講IT帶來的改變無法由巨觀衡量來探測
也錯

呼~
夭壽
本來打了一個半小時打好了
結果給偶當機..
太讓偶花轟ㄌ~
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文章wawa » 2005-01-23 19:55

敬愛的大衛與各位版大...(不好意思、初來寶地、請多指教)
看了你這一長篇,我不確定是不是很瞭解你的意思耶....
我想請問一下唷....
Q23問支持resourse based theory的人會怎麼解釋文中說IT無力為個體企業提供直接的競爭優勢。
意思是否是說這些支持者認為:可以提供直接競爭優勢資源有三個條件:
1.不易獲得 2.稀少 3.不易複製
文章中retail業會失敗是因為他們覺得IT很容易獲得=>IT比較難提供benefits

所以,答案要選『IT並非是一種不易獲得的資源』
是這樣的嗎?
看得頭的昏了....
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文章davidlee0222 » 2005-01-23 21:11

是滴
就像您講的沒錯

這篇文章主軸是第二段
Resource-based theory是說
公司要有競爭力
是要獲得便宜、稀少、不易複製的資源
而某分析零售商的研究顯示
這些容易取得IT資源的零售商
並沒有因為IT而獲益
反而是IT沒蛇麼用
還可能會破壞競爭優勢

支持理論的那些人認為
根據研究那些易得IT的零售商發現
IT並沒有提供優勢
可以把它連起來
IT無力為企業提供競爭優勢
是因為太易得了大家都有
因此沒蛇麼優勢
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文章liwuu » 2005-01-23 21:12

wawa你想得沒錯
其實Q23就是直接考文章line38~48這兩句話而已
Resource-based theory offers an answer, asserting that, in general, firms gain competitive advantages by accumulating resources that are economically valuable, relatively scarce, and not easily replicated.(此理論學者說明要成功的條件) According to a recent study of retail firms, which confirmed that IT has become pervasive and relatively easy to acquire, IT by itself appeared to have conferred little advantage.(研究發現,retail firms缺乏上述其中成功要件)
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文章wawa » 2005-01-23 21:22

瞭解瞭解!謝謝囉!
btw大家好快回覆唷...
你們也都要考了嗎?
我好緊張窩...後天要考試捏:(
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文章davidlee0222 » 2005-01-23 21:46


真羨目
小第要考還沒名額咧..
明天奪命連環摳
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文章liwuu » 2005-01-23 21:49

wawa \$m[1]:瞭解瞭解!謝謝囉!
btw大家好快回覆唷...
你們也都要考了嗎?
我好緊張窩...後天要考試捏:(


我是考完快一個月囉...
哇!!後天要考試...深深一呼吸
記得考前有空看個jj
另外若平常沒注意,趁這最後一兩天模擬考試做題的pace
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文章shine822 » 2005-07-11 04:16

christine \$m[1]:
Q22:
The passage is primarily concerned with
A.describing a resource and indicating various methods used to study it
B.presenting a theory and offering an opposing point of view
C.providing an explanation for unexpected findings
D.demonstrating why a particular theory is unfounded
E.resolving a disagreement regarding the uses of a technology

A)本文沒有在描述一個resource並且指出不同的使用方法

---> 可是 IT 明明就是一種資源啊 第二段不是還提到達到競爭優勢的三種條件嗎? 而 IT這種資源容易獲得。
另外, A 講的不是使用方法,而是作者提出許多對研究討論 IT 的方式角度 ,所以我覺得此題的 Main idea 應該是 A 比較好耶!!



C)為一個unexpected findings(IT和HR合併)提出一個解釋
在第二段解釋完問疑問後,本文的最後一句有指出The findings support the notion..
本文提出的理論和實例是相符合的並為IT和HR合併的發現做出結論

---> 怎麼辦呀?!這個選項怎麼解釋,我都覺得不太合理耶....
1. 若 unexpected findings 指的是 IT和HR合併,那也不過只有在第二段後面才提到而已,前面一點影子都沒有啊,所以應該不可能是主題。

2. 若 unexpected findings (加了S)除了IT+HR這件事之外,還包括像前面提到的 productivity paradox ,那我就比較能接受。但偏偏這麼多 findings 他竟然只用一個 explanation 來說明(徐老師不是很多題都用單複數快速消掉答案嗎?)這就不太合理了!不然就是想請問大大們,難道說有哪一個解釋能夠一以貫之說明那麼多個 unexpected findings 呢?



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文章chloemoney » 2005-08-19 21:15

shine822 \$m[1]:
christine \$m[1]:
Q22:
The passage is primarily concerned with
A.describing a resource and indicating various methods used to study it
B.presenting a theory and offering an opposing point of view
C.providing an explanation for unexpected findings
D.demonstrating why a particular theory is unfounded
E.resolving a disagreement regarding the uses of a technology

A)本文沒有在描述一個resource並且指出不同的使用方法

---> 可是 IT 明明就是一種資源啊 第二段不是還提到達到競爭優勢的三種條件嗎? 而 IT這種資源容易獲得。
另外, A 講的不是使用方法,而是作者提出許多對研究討論 IT 的方式角度 ,所以我覺得此題的 Main idea 應該是 A 比較好耶!!



C)為一個unexpected findings(IT和HR合併)提出一個解釋
在第二段解釋完問疑問後,本文的最後一句有指出The findings support the notion..
本文提出的理論和實例是相符合的並為IT和HR合併的發現做出結論

---> 怎麼辦呀?!這個選項怎麼解釋,我都覺得不太合理耶....
1. 若 unexpected findings 指的是 IT和HR合併,那也不過只有在第二段後面才提到而已,前面一點影子都沒有啊,所以應該不可能是主題。

2. 若 unexpected findings (加了S)除了IT+HR這件事之外,還包括像前面提到的 productivity paradox ,那我就比較能接受。但偏偏這麼多 findings 他竟然只用一個 explanation 來說明(徐老師不是很多題都用單複數快速消掉答案嗎?)這就不太合理了!不然就是想請問大大們,難道說有哪一個解釋能夠一以貫之說明那麼多個 unexpected findings 呢?



i60



我不是什麼大大,不過參考一下我的想法,
A-->我覺得文章是提出了一個resource, 但是後面method就你的解試成角度不太好,後來的內容就有文章的架構有關,你可以參考一下christina在第一頁的文章

而就答案providing an explanation for unexpected findings
文章在全文中都有這樣的想概念,由以前人家認為IT應可以帶來很好的競爭力開始,到後來支持和反對的聲音。
而你所提出的「第二段不是還提到達到競爭優勢的三種條件嗎? 而 IT這種資源容易獲得。」這是在講IT的缺點了.,因為達到競爭優勢要不易獲得,可是IT易獲得.................

我本來也有疑問,不過看的一下大衛「神」解文,就清楚了許多...
時光無法倒流,我只想大步向前
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文章shine822 » 2005-08-20 18:19

chloemoney \$m[1]:我不是什麼大大,不過參考一下我的想法,A-->我覺得文章是提出了一個resource, 但是後面method就你的解試成角度不太好,後來的內容就有文章的架構有關,你可以參考一下christina在第一頁的文章
而就答案providing an explanation for unexpected findings
文章在全文中都有這樣的想概念,由以前人家認為IT應可以帶來很好的競爭力開始,到後來支持和反對的聲音。
而你所提出的「第二段不是還提到達到競爭優勢的三種條件嗎? 而 IT這種資源容易獲得。」這是在講IT的缺點了.,因為達到競爭優勢要不易獲得,可是IT易獲得.................


感謝你!!

總之,既然是考 Main idea 一定要時時刻刻推想全篇概念,我太拘泥於單詞,當然大錯特錯......
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文章fiona » 2005-09-30 16:38

怎麼說uxpected finding是IT與HR結合??不懂耶
IT與HR結合只是最後的一個例子
應該不是全文用來解釋的重點吧?
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文章greenfox » 2005-11-04 10:28

我試著用徐天后的方法來解釋A
1.我認為這篇的架構是arguments and analysis(可參考OG南丁格爾那篇)
首先描述optimistic看法toward IT,接著描述resource theory toward IT,最後作者點出resource theory才是較好的解釋(line57~文章末)-->所以文章的focus應該是resource theory的說法
2.A-describe....-->在analysis文章中describe的動作決不會是focus(當然,為了保險後面的methods得知是錯的,應該要強調resource theory的說法才對)

另 我對於unexpected finding,我也覺得不是指IT和HR的結合,而應該是指文章一開頭的"productivity paradox",恰好強調了optimistic和resource theory兩邊contrast的看法
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文章stilalala » 2005-11-07 11:18

greenfox \$m[1]:我試著用徐天后的方法來解釋A
1.我認為這篇的架構是arguments and analysis(可參考OG南丁格爾那篇)
首先描述optimistic看法toward IT,接著描述resource theory toward IT,最後作者點出resource theory才是較好的解釋(line57~文章末)-->所以文章的focus應該是resource theory的說法
2.A-describe....-->在analysis文章中describe的動作決不會是focus(當然,為了保險後面的methods得知是錯的,應該要強調resource theory的說法才對)

另 我對於unexpected finding,我也覺得不是指IT和HR的結合,而應該是指文章一開頭的"productivity paradox",恰好強調了optimistic和resource theory兩邊contrast的看法


我也覺得unexpected finding 是指paradox
文章就是繞著這個paradox轉
提出不同的解釋觀點
propnent of IT 無法正確的解釋
而resource-based theory最能解釋這種Paradox
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