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by piyush_nitt » Mon May 04, 2009 5:02 am
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

OA: A
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by cramya » Mon May 04, 2009 5:12 am
Although X,Y sounds idiomatic

where X->government policy and industrial sector
Y->management decisions

management decisions is parallel with government policy and industrial sector

A
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Re: company’s performance

by dendude » Mon May 04, 2009 7:50 am
piyush_nitt wrote: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.
Are you sure you posted the question correctly? I was confused by the "on a" also being underlined and thought it should be part of the answer choice.
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by dendude » Mon May 04, 2009 7:56 am
cramya wrote:Although X,Y sounds idiomatic

where X->government policy and industrial sector
Y->management decisions

management decisions is parallel with government policy and industrial sector

A
I was somehow concerned that A did not pack the punch to counter with "Although". I thought E did a better job at it.
Again this is literary sense.
With although, you'd expect the second half to state something that is more superior (or inferior).
Just my $0.02
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by aj5105 » Mon May 04, 2009 9:49 am
dendude - You have exactly mentioned the same points that came to my

mind after I saw this SC. I picked (E).
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by rs2010 » Mon May 04, 2009 12:26 pm
I dont agree with OA.

at least as great does not make much sense here.

I completely agree that Although X( contrast), Y Plain sent.

I feel this is the best choice as it has mangement decision against govt policy but still there is something wrong.
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by hmboy17 » Wed May 06, 2009 11:10 am
E can't be answer. Just read by ur self great impact company's performance.....
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by cramya » Wed May 06, 2009 2:22 pm
I went by the meaning or the original intent of the sentence.

We are saying the management decisions are comparable to government policy and the industrial sector in performance/productivity etc...

The choices other than A either dont bring out this relationship or tend to say something has a greater impact.

Just my opinion....

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by Mayur Sand » Mon May 18, 2009 7:39 am
what is wrong with (B) , can anybody please explain
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by rs2010 » Mon May 18, 2009 11:53 am
Mayur Sand wrote:what is wrong with (B) , can anybody please explain
B is passive.
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by gmat740 » Mon May 18, 2009 6:30 pm
Mayur Sand wrote:
what is wrong with (B) , can anybody please explain


B is passive
Passive is not always wrong, is it??

After all it makes complete sense than the other answer choices.
Please correct me if I am wrong, I find nothing wrong with option B
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by V16 » Mon May 18, 2009 6:41 pm
i picked up B also,

can somebody explain the answer ?

For me 'at least as great an impact' didnt seem to be correct.
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by Mayur Sand » Mon May 18, 2009 7:30 pm
can we have some expert to comment on why(B) is wrong
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by rs2010 » Mon May 18, 2009 7:54 pm
ok here is the thing

Do you feel govt policy goes with the flow?

For this sentence govt policy is being compared with decision by management.

A govt policy goes with govt decision and something on similar note which A provides.

Only A and C are fulfilling these requirements.

E is wordy and awkword; B and D are passive choices and does not continue parallelism. I am not saying passive is wrong but in 2 clauses if one is active then other should remain active.

I will choose A. If I were to deviate from this choice I will choose C but will not for B.
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by gmat740 » Mon May 18, 2009 8:25 pm
B and D are passive choices and does not continue parallelism
can you please elaborate??

Explain only B
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