Heavy Commitment

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Heavy Commitment

by SmarpanGamt » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:41 am
101. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

(A) Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

(B) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well
in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.

(C) An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret
signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.

(D) Executives' being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.

(E) Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past,
is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.


In choice "C" what is the noun referent to pronoun "It"? Is their any noun in between " course of action" and It.

Also explain E
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by GMATMadeEasy » Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:57 am
It is ambiguos here . It could refer to trouble or course of action .

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by SmarpanGamt » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:49 am
what is Your OA ? Please give the explaination for E. Thank you

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