One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company's performance.
a. management decisions have at least as great an impact
b. decisions by management have a great impact
c. manager decisions impact greatly
d. decisions by a company's management impact greatly
e. what a company's management decides has a greater impact
Any comments?? OA will follow.
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2010gmat
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i will go with A
a. management decisions have at least as great an impact
b. decisions by management have a great impact --changes meaning
c. manager decisions impact greatly --managers??
d. decisions by a company’s management impact greatly -- not same as atleast as great
e. what a company’s management decides has a greater impact -- changes the meaning
a. management decisions have at least as great an impact
b. decisions by management have a great impact --changes meaning
c. manager decisions impact greatly --managers??
d. decisions by a company’s management impact greatly -- not same as atleast as great
e. what a company’s management decides has a greater impact -- changes the meaning
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Why B doesn't make sense? I agree with Stuart that parallelism must taken into account here. But "as great an impact on" really stops me to choose this answer. Is this kind of usage correct?
