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When it’s five o’clock, people leave their office. The length of the workday, for many workers, is defined by time. They leave w
When it’s five o’clock, people leave their office. The length of the workday, for many workers, is defined by time. They leave w
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2021-01-06
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问题
When it’s five o’clock, people leave their office. The length of the workday, for many workers, is defined by time. They leave when the clock tells them they’re done.
These days, the time is everywhere: not just on clocks or watches, but on cell-phones and computers. That may be a bad thing, particularly at work. New research shows that clock-based work schedules hinder morale(士气)and creativity.
Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours. For example: a meeting from 9 a. m. to 10 a. m. , research from 10 a. m. to noon, etc. On the other hand, task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish. They work down the list, each task starts when the previous task is completed. It is said that all of us employ a mix of both these types of planning.
What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under "clock time" vs "task time. " They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives. Task timers are happier and more creative, but less productive. They tend to enjoy the moment when something good is happening, and seize opportunities that come up.
The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in business culture. Smart companies, they believe, will try to bake more task-based planning into their strategies.
This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office, but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time. While most people will still probably need, and be, to some extent, clock-timers, task-based timing should be used when performing a job that requires more creativity. It’ll make those tasks easier, and the task-doers will be happier.
What does the author think of time displayed everywhere?
选项
A、It makes everybody time-conscious.
B、It is a convenience for work and life.
C、It may have a negative effect on creative work.
D、It clearly indicates the fast pace of modem life.
答案
C
解析
观点态度题。文章第二段第一句指出,如今,随处都能看到时间,第二句表明观点:这或许是一件坏事情,尤其是对于工作而言。第三句进一步指出,以时间为基础的工作安排会阻碍员工的士气和创造力。由此可知,到处都能看到时间对于需要创造力的工作有负面影响,故答案为C)。
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