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by aditya8062 » Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:52 am
Business Consultant: Some corporations shun the use of executive titles because they fear that the use of titles indicating position in the corporation tends to inhibit communication up and down the corporate hierarchy. Since an executive who uses a title is treated with more respect by outsiders, however, use of a title can facilitate an executive's dealings with external businesses. Clearly, corporations should adopt the compromise of encouraging their executives to use their corporate titles externally but not internally, since even if it is widely known that the corporation's executives use titles outside their organization, this knowledge does not by itself inhibit communication within the corporation.

In the consultant's reasoning, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

A. The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second presents a drawback to that strategy.
B. The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second is a consideration raised to call into question the effectiveness of that strategy as a means of achieving that goal.
C. The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second is a consideration the consultant raises in questioning the significance of that problem.
D. The first is part of an explanation that the consultant offers for a certain phenomenon; the second is that phenomenon.
E. The first describes a policy for which the consultant seeks to provide a justification; the second is a consideration the consultant raises as part of that justification


my concern: i found this question in the forum. the said answer is A . however i found the same question in the forum (with different option A) and there the option A is much different and acceptable than the option A of this question

other option of A: The first presents an obstacle to achieving a certain goal; the second presents a reason for considering that goal to be undesirable.

to me the "this other option A" seems more viable.
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by ceilidh.erickson » Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:51 am
Please cite the source of this question (if you know it). Experts aren't supposed to respond unless/until the author has been properly credited.

The discrepancy in answer choices may indicate that either a) the original source edited their material, or b) the original was used and altered without permission by some other source.
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