【正文】 to their business plans. As one of the managers in the study explained it, this is partly because “Typically all a manager has to do [when implementing a harvest strategy] is that which was done last year.” Additionally, managers under harvest strategies may have fewer strategic options than do those under build strategies。 it may therefore be easier to reach agreement on a particular course of action through decisionsharing, which will in turn tend to promote adherence to plans. Conversely, in a “build” strategy scenario, individual leadership, rather than decisionsharing, may promote adherence to plans. Build strategies—which typically require leaders with strong personal visions for a firm’s future, rather than the negotiated promise of the teambased decision—may be most closely adhered to when implemented in the context of a clear strategic vision of an individual leader, rather than through the practice of decisionsharing.GWD3Q23:Which of the following best describes the function of the first sentence of the second paragraph of the passage?A. To answer a question posed in the first sentence of the passage about why firms adopt particular strategic missionsB. To refute an argument made in the first paragraph about how top management decisionmaking affects whether firms will adhere to their strategic plansC. To provide evidence supporting a theory introduced in the first paragraph about what makes firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plantsD. To qualify an assertion made in the preceding sentence about how top management decisionmaking affects the likelihood that firms will adhere to their strategic plansE. To explain a distinction relied on in the second paragraph (lines 1768) regarding two different kinds of strategic missionsGWD3Q24:The passage cites all of the following as differences between firms using build strategies and firms using harvest strategies EXCEPTA. their willingness to sacrifice shortterm profits in order to build market shareB. their willingness to sacrifice building market share in order to increase shortterm profitabilityC. the number of strategic options available to their managersD. the relative importance they assign to maximizing cashflowE. how likely they are to employ decisionsharing in developing strategic plansGWD3Q25:The primary purpose of the passage is toA. identify some of the obstacles that make it difficult for firms to adhere to their strategic business plansB. pare two different theories concerning why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plansC. evaluate the utility of top management decisionsharing as a method of implementing the strategic mission of a businessD. discuss the respective advantages and disadvantages of build and harvest strategies among several large firmsE. examine some of the factors that may affect whether or not firms adhere to their strategic plansGWD3Q26:The author includes the quotation in lines 4447 of the passage most probably in order toA. lend support to the claim that firms utilizing harvest strategies may be more likely to adhere to their strategic plansB. suggest a reason that many managers of large firm prefer harvest strategies to build strategiesC. provide an example of a firm that adhered to its strategic plan because of the degree of its managers’ mitmentD. demonstrate that managers implementing harvest strategies generally have better strategic options than do managers implementing build strategiesE. give an example of a large firm that successfully implemented a harvest strategyGWD3Q27:Competition in the midnineteenth century by large western farms gradually caused farmers in Pennsylvania to turn to livestock raising, but before that it was predominantly grainproducing.A. Competition in the midnineteenth century by large western farms gradually caused farmers in Pennsylvania to turn to livestock raising, but before that it was predominantly grainproducing.B. Once predominantly a grainproducing state, petition in the midnineteenth century from large western farms gradually was causing Pennsylvania’s farmers to turn to livestock raising.C. Pennsylvania’s farmers were gradually caused to turn to livestock raising by petition from large western farms in the midnineteenth century, but before that it was predominantly a grainproducing state.D. It was once predominantly grainproducing, but petition in the midnineteenth century by large western farms was gradually causing Pennsylvania’s farmers to turn to livestock raising.E. Pennsylvania was once a predominantly grainproducing state, but petition in the midnineteenth century from large western farms gradually caused the state’s farmers to turn to livestock raising. GWD3Q28:The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the whitetailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capabilityB. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being ableC. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be ableD. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era whe