首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Well, no gain without pain, they say. But what about pain without gain? Everywhere you go in America, you hear tales of corporat
Well, no gain without pain, they say. But what about pain without gain? Everywhere you go in America, you hear tales of corporat
admin
2013-01-12
55
问题
Well, no gain without pain, they say. But what about pain without gain? Everywhere you go in America, you hear tales of corporate revival. What is harder to establish is whether the productivity revolution that businessmen assume they are presiding over is for real.
The official statistics are mildly discouraging. They show that, if you lump manufacturing and services together, productivity has grown on average by 1.2% since 1987. That is somewhat faster than the average during the previous decade. And since 1991, productivity has increased by about 2% a year, which is more than twice the 1978 - 1987 average. The trouble is that part of the recent acceleration is due to the usual rebound that occurs at this point in a business cycle, and so is not conclusive evidence of a revival in the underlying trend. There is, as Robert Rubin, the treasury secretary, says, a "disjunction" between the mass of business anecdote that points to a leap in productivity and the picture reflected by the statistics.
Some of this can be easily explained. New ways of organizing the workplace--all that re-engineering and downsizing--are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training. Moreover, most of the changes that companies make are intended to keep them profitable, and this need not always mean increasing productivity: switching to new markets or improving quality can matter just as much.
Two other explanations are speculative. First, some of the business restructuring of recent years may have been unsuitably done. Second, even if it was well done, it may have spread much less widely than people suppose.
Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic and former chief executive of Au Bon Pain, a rapidly growing chain of bakery cafes, says that much "re-engineering" has been crude. In many cases, he believes, the loss of revenue has been greater than the reductions in cost. His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied re-engineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping out costs without giving sufficient thought to long-term profitability. BBDO’ s Al Rosen Shine is blunter. He dismisses a lot of the work of re-engineering consultants as mere rubbish—"the worst sort of ambulance-chasing."
The official statistics on productivity growth______.
选项
A、exclude the usual rebound in a business cycle
B、fall short of businessmen’s anticipation
C、meet the expectation of business people
D、fail to reflect the true state of economy
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/A49O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Franklyspeaking,yourarticleisverygood,exceptforsome______mistakesingrammar.
AnewcatastrophefacesAfghanistan.TheAmericanbombingcampaignisconspiringwithyearsofcivilconflictanddroughttocre
Thegovernmentistryingto______betterunderstandingbetweenthetwocountries.
Cityofficialsareconsideringbuildingapathtogivethepublic______tothesite.
Thepurchaserofthislorryisprotectedbythemanufacturer’swarrantythathewillreplaceanydefectivepartforfiveyearso
TheperiodimmediatelyfollowingtheCivilWarwasatimeofgreathopeforBlacksinAmerica.Itwasalsoatimeofmomentous【2
Ifyouconsiderthisproblem______others’interest,youmaychangeyourview.
Thedoctorinformedhispatientthatthedrugwasvery_____andcanhaveunpleasantsideeffects.
Theschoolshootingtriggeredabarrageoftransparentlyirrelevantproposedsolutions,tossedoutwithoutregardtotheirrelev
Opponentsofaffirmativeactionsaythebattleovertheuseofraceincollegeadmissionsishardlyover,despitetheSupremeCo
随机试题
同一三相对称负载,接成星形或者三角形时,其总功率的关系是()。
外照射防护的常用方式有
某区城管大队与交通协管员在整治奥运场馆周边环境中,发现张某的汽车违章停放,于是交通协管员杨某在张某的汽车前挡风玻璃上粘贴了违法停车告知书,告知书上有杨某签名。事后,张某按照违法停车告知书的要求到某区交通支队的执法站接受了处罚。张某对处罚决定不服,欲申请行政
《中华民国临时约法》规定参议院的主要职权有()。
现金日记账和银行存款日记账的登记要求主要有()。
某企业进行人力资源需求与供给预测。经过调查研究与分析,确认本企业的销售额(万元)和所需销售人员数(人)成正相关关系,并根据过去10年的统计资料建立了一元线性回归预测模型Y=20+0.04X,X代表年销售额,Y表销售人员数。该企业人员变动矩阵如下表所示。预计
某基金总资产市场价值为2000万元,基金负债总额为500万元,基金总股份300万份,则基金单位净值为()元。
【2013上】闭卷考试时,学生在头脑中呈现问答题答案的心理活动属于()。
儿童在熟悉了“萝卜”“土豆”和“芹菜”这类概念后,再学习蔬菜,这属于()。
根据我国《宪法》的规定,下列由全国人民代表大会选举产生的国家领导人是()。
最新回复
(
0
)