jedit wrote:
47% have chosen B while A (correct choice) is selected by only 40%. Can you please provide an expert opinion on this one.
A. Correct. This answer choice, suggesting employees’ holistic development, aligns well with the passage’s emphasis on the importance of employees and their work, energy, and inspiration and thus effectively completes the chain of thoughts developed in the passage. Because this answer choice duly completes the passage, this answer choice is correct.
B. The passage is concerned with “all employees” and not only with “influential employees”. Besides, the passage does not suggest a categorization of employees on the basis of their influence. Further, this answer choice indicates an unethical/crafty/manipulative tone; one needs to be cautious of such answer choices as they are generally incorrect on the GMAT. Because this answer choice does not effectively complete the chain of thoughts developed in the passage, this answer choice is incorrect.
C. The passage is concerned with all employees’ development and alignment with the organization and makes no mention of the labor union; so, this answer choice is out of scope and does not extend the chain of thoughts. Because this answer choice does not duly complete the passage, this answer choice is incorrect.
D. Trap. Although this answer choice builds on the passage’s mention of employees’ need to “identify that their role holds pivotal importance”, it does not build on other ideas mentioned in the passage about work, energy, and inspiration of employees; so, this answer choice only partially completes the chain of thoughts developed in the passage; this answer choice can stay after the first glance but shall eventually make way for a better, stronger answer choice; we have a more convincing answer choice in A.
E. Trap. The passage is concerned with all employees’ development and alignment with the organization and makes no mention of granting power; so, this answer choice, although appealing because of the suggestion of “empowered” employees, is simply additional information and does not extend the chain of thoughts. Because this answer choice does not duly complete the passage, this answer choice is incorrect.
A is the best answer choice.