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The normative model of strategic decision-making suggests that executives examine a firm’s external environment and internal conditions, and in using the set of objective
criteria they derive from these analyses, can decide on a strategy. A. conditions, and in using the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, can decide B. conditions, and they use the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses in deciding C. conditions and, in using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, deciding D. conditions and, using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, decide E. conditions and, in their use of the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, they decide
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Re: The normative model of strategic decision-making [#permalink]
29 Aug 2010, 01:07
I think the correct option is D.
"suggests that executives examine a firm’s external environment and internal conditions, and in using the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, can decide on a strategy."
The highlighted portions should be parallel. " can" in original sentence is wrong.
A. conditions, and in using the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses,
can decide
B. conditions, and they use the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses in
deciding
C. conditions and, in using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses,
deciding
D. conditions and, using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, decide - correct option
E. conditions and, in their use of the set of objective criteria they derive from these
analyses, they decide
Answer is - D
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Re: The normative model of strategic decision-making [#permalink]
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I cannot decide between B & D :- B. conditions, and they use the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses in deciding--on a strategy Deciding seems wrong as the situation does not demand progressive tense. D. conditions and, using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, decide And, using seems wrong, if only using was used without conjunction "and", it would be more plausible. What is OA
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A. C, E are out because 'in using' and 'in their using' sounds awkward. \
B- Here examine and deciding are not parallel. Also the punctuation is incorrect. There is a comma before 'and' rather than after 'and'
D- they examine and ,using X, decide on Y
Hence answer must be D.
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29 Aug 2010, 05:22
D is correct because of parallelism between 'examine' and 'decide'.
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Re: The normative model of strategic decision-making [#permalink]
29 Aug 2010, 07:23
IMO D 
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29 Aug 2010, 08:14
D for me. ||: examine and decide. Please OA.
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29 Aug 2010, 17:00
D for me too. Though the sentence is bit funny because of "external environment and internal conditions and, using the set of objective criteria...."...generally the comma is before 'and'
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I have one doubt. The official explanation says that there is no need to repeat the subject 'THEY' in A and B. But both A and B have the use of ',and' that implies two clauses are connected by the 'and'. Thus we definitely need a subject after ',and'. M I wrong?
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Re: The normative model of strategic decision-making [#permalink]
27 Feb 2011, 21:45
I also have a question on this form. My understanding is that if you use the "and," form, the clause after the "and," must have a verb and subject. OA D seems to violate. Can anyone shed some light on this apparent contradiction?
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I have highlighted your query - that structure is valid. subject = executives verb = examine, decide and = conjunction The normative model of strategic decision-making suggests that executives examine a firm’s external environment and internal D. conditions and, [strike]using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses[/strike], decideIf you loose the non essentials in a sentence the meaning will not change. So I strike what is non essential i.e. between the commas. Now the meaning is executives examine and decide. examine || decide. Hope that helps ! Pardon me for using bright colors abmyers wrote: I also have a question on this form. My understanding is that if you use the "and," form, the clause after the "and," must have a verb and subject. OA D seems to violate. Can anyone shed some light on this apparent contradiction?
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One essential feature of parallelism is that in compound sentences, which use connecters such as and, or, but etc, if the subject of the first part is also the subject of the second part, then we can omit the subject in the second part. (Executives in this case) e.g.: Tom went to London and [strike]he[/strike] stayed for one month. Here ther is no need to repeat the pronoun he; It is in fact considered redundant. Inflation stayed high before the central bank raised the interest rate but [strike](inflation / it)[/strike] dropped significantly soon after. We can drop the subject of the second part.
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I did choose D over B considering 'use X in deciding on Y' as slightly unidiomatic. 'use X to decide on Y' is better. (Is it?) but it seems former is perfectly fine idiom. On the use of comma before and after 'and' I think both B and D are correct. When we use ',and' while connecting two independent clause, i think using subject is perfectly fine. 'Tom went to London ,and he stayed for one month' When we don't want to use comma it's better not use subject again. It is like you are connecting two verbs. So repeating subject is redundant. 'Tom went to London and stayed for one month' So in this Q, B is of first type and D is of second. (in D commas are enclosing modifier)
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D for // structure . none of the other options is satisfactory
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iDisappear wrote: The normative model of strategic decision-making suggests that executives examine a
firm’s external environment and internal conditions, and in using the set of objective
criteria they derive from these analyses, can decide on a strategy.
A. conditions, and in using the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses,
can decide
B. conditions, and they use the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses in
deciding
C. conditions and, in using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses,
deciding
D. conditions and, using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, decide
E. conditions and, in their use of the set of objective criteria they derive from these
analyses, they decide (D) has a modifier issue, it sounds like it is modifying external environment and internal conditions when it should be modifying executives...?
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D for parallelism and 'decide'.
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According to my source OA is D.
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Having read the entire discussion thoroughly, I must say that everyone has missed-I guess I am not wrong-a subtle difference between the intended meaning and the rest of the sentences. Option A uses "can decide", so shouldn't we limit ourselves to the intended meaning and choose A rather? Please let me know if I am wrong.
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The normative model of strategic decision-making suggests that executives examine a firm’s external environment and internal conditions, and in using the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, can decide on a strategy. (A) conditions, and in using the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, can decide (B) conditions, and they use the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses in deciding (C) conditions and, in using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, deciding (D) conditions and, using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, decide (E) conditions and, in their use of the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, they decide I thought the answer should be B, not sure how it's D. Need help with the explanation. The explanation in the VA Review 2nd Edition is not clear to me. Cheers!
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Marcab wrote: Having read the entire discussion thoroughly, I must say that everyone has missed-I guess I am not wrong-a subtle difference between the intended meaning and the rest of the sentences.
Option A uses "can decide", so shouldn't we limit ourselves to the intended meaning and choose A rather?
Please let me know if I am wrong. I agree with Marcab here, and to be frank, I am not convinced with OA. In D " using" is used as a verb-Ing modifier modifying executives, even though it correctly modifies executives, it just doesn't make sense as there is no cause-effect relation here. Execs don't examine firms environment using the set of objective criteria. rather set of objective criterias is to derive at decision. I will rather be comfortable with something like "executives examine a firm’s external environment and internal conditions" and "use the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses to decide on a strategy" or some construction similar to that. verbal experts, please answer..
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