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
财经
If sustainable competitive advantage depends on work-force skills.American firms have a problem. Human-resource management is no
If sustainable competitive advantage depends on work-force skills.American firms have a problem. Human-resource management is no
admin
2013-04-28
70
问题
If sustainable competitive advantage depends on work-force skills.American firms have a problem.
Human-resource management is not traditionally seen as central to the competitive survival of thefirm in the United States.Skill acquisition is considered an individual responsibility.Labor issimply another factor of production to be hired-rented at the lowest possible cost-much as onebuys raw materials or equipment.
The lack of importance attached to human-resource management can be seen in the corporatehierarchy.In an American firm the chief financial officer is almost always second in comman@D@Thepost of head of human-resource management is usually a specialized job,off at the edge of thecorporate hierarchy.The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategic decisions andhas no chance to move up to Chief Executive Officer(CEO).By way of contrast,in Japan the head ofhuman-resource management is central-usually the second most important executive,after theCEO,in the firm’s hierarchy.
While American firms often talk about the vast amounts spent on training their work forces,infact they invest less in the skills of their employees than do either Japanese or German firms.Themoney they do invest is also more highly concentrated on professional and managerial employees.
And the limited investments that are made in training workers are also much more narrowly focusedon the specific skills necessary to do the next job rather than on the basic background skills thatmake it possible to absorb new technologies.
As a result,problems emerge when new breakthrough technologies arrive.If Americanworkers,for example,take much longer to learn how to operate new flexible manufacturing stationsthan workers in Germany(as they do),the effective cost of those stations is lower in Germany thanit is in the United States.More time is required before equipment is up and running at capacity,and the need for extensive retraining generates costs and creates bottlenecks that limit the speedwith which new equipment can be employe@D@The result is a slower pace of technological change.
And in the end the skills of the population affect the wages of the top half.If the bottom half can’teffectively staff the processes that have to be operated,the management and professional jobs thatgo with these processes will disappear.
According to the passage,the decisive factor in maintaining a firm’s competitive advantageis______.
选项
A、the introduction of new technologies
B、the improvement of worker’s basic skills
C、the rational composition of professional and managerial employees
D、the attachment of importance to the bottom half of the employees
答案
B
解析
细节题。本题问保持公司的竞争优势的决定性因素是什么。关键词是decisive factors,competitive advantage,根据文章首句:如果可持续的竞争优势取决于工人的技术的话,美国公司就面临着问题了。反过来说,工人的技术对公司保持竞争优势很重要。第三段最后一句和第四段第一句说:培训工人的有限资金也仅仅用于完成新的工作必须的具体技术的培训上,而不是用在可以使工人适应未来新的生产工艺的基本技术的培训上。这样的做法结果是,新的突破性的工艺出现时,就会有许多问题出现(接着作者在下文举例说明到底是什么样的问题)。综上所述,正确答案应为B。文章虽然提到新工艺,但并没有说这对公司的竞争优势很重要,所以A错;C项本文未提到;文章最后提到了bottom half,但是只是说bottom half的技术水平会影响公司上层人员的利益,但D项的意思太宽泛,没有提到技术因素,而这是文章中反复强调的内容,所以D项不对。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/jBgc777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库银行系统招聘考试分类
0
英语
银行系统招聘考试
相关试题推荐
赵钱孙李周五位先生长途出行的方式都是乘坐汽车、火车或飞机,大致情况如下:【2015工商银行】赵先生长途出行坐火车次数与坐飞机次数的比例是()。
【2015工商银行】僧人问:“既然你什么都看不见,那你为何挑一盏灯笼呢?”盲人听了回答说:“虽说我是盲人,我什么也看不见,但我挑了这灯笼,既为别人照亮,也更让别人看到我自己,这样,他们就不会因为看不见我而碰撞我了。”苦行僧听了,顿有所悟。他仰天长叹说:“我
为了进一步推动服务文化核心理念的植入和广泛传播,提升全员职业素养,工商银行南京分行开展了“首选银行,全员争创——网点优质服务比拼大赛”,全行21个支行代表队参加,取得了较好的效果。甲网点、乙网点、丙网点获前三。工小星猜测:甲获得第一,乙不是第一,
TalkabouttheinfluenceofFinancialCrisis.
Haveyouhadanyexperienceworkingunderpressureandwithintightschedules?
工商银行的待遇没有外界想象得丰厚,你会怎么看?
Ihadanexperiencesomeyearsagowhichtaughtmesomethingaboutthewaysinwhichpeoplemakeabadsituationworsebyblaming
Wehaveknownforalongtimethattheorganizationofanyparticularsocietyisinfluencedbythedefinitionofthesexesandt
MESBIC’saretheresltofthebeliefthatprovidingestablishedfirmswitheasieraccesstorelevantmanagementtechniquesandm
随机试题
在投资组合报告中,货币市场基金应披露报告期内偏离度绝对值在0.25%~0.5%间的( )等信息。
将x→0时的无穷小α(x)=1-cosx2,β(x)=ex2-1,γ(x)=xtan2x排列起来,使排在后面的一个是前面一个的高阶无穷小,则正确的排序是()
关于原发性肺结核的叙述,错误的一项是()。
A.血清前列腺特异抗原(PSA)B.血清甲胎蛋白(AFP)C.血清癌抗原125(CA125)D.血清癌胚抗原(CEA)E.血清糖链抗原19-9(CA19-9)诊断胰腺癌首选的检验项目是
以下有关脉搏紧张度与动脉壁状态的描述哪种正确?()
下列不属于公益事业房屋的是()。
证券公司、证券投资咨询机构发布证券研究报告,应当遵循()原则,加强合规管理,提升研究质量和专业服务水平。
下列选项中与“砚台一端砚”逻辑关系一致的是()。(2014年下半年真题)
甲、乙二人比赛爬楼梯,当甲爬到4层的时候,乙恰好爬到了3层。照这样的速度继续,当甲爬到16层时,乙爬到了几层?()
2012年9月5日,陈某到野狼快递服务部寄价值5000元的手机,宋某承接此笔业务。宋某收到陈某的快递费后,在陈某填写的“飞狐速递运单”上签字。3天后,陈某得知其包裹被宋某卷走,遂要求“野狼快递”承担违约责任。经查,该运单背面写有客服须知,载明“未保价的包裹
最新回复
(
0
)