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17 Aug 2020, 16:06
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doubt regarding question 7
Managers who engage in such thinking/acting cycles will "frequently act first and explain later."
if they can explain later then doesn't it meant they do know what they are doing
doubt regarding question 7
Managers who engage in such thinking/acting cycles will "frequently act first and explain later."
if they can explain later then doesn't it meant they do know what they are doing
20 Aug 2020, 03:39
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Note the last two sentences of third paragraph:
"Since managers often “know” what is right before they can analyze and explain it, they frequently act first and explain later. Analysis is inextricably tied to action in thinking/acting cycles, in which managers develop thoughts about their companies and organizations not by analyzing a problematic situation and then acting, but by acting and analyzing in close concert."
Managers "know" what is right before they can explain it so they act first. They explain later once they understand why it was right. They use intuition while acting. While acting, they know that it is right but they may not know why it is right.
Question 4
Here's question 4:
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In the third paragraph, the author lists 5 ways in which senior managers use intuition. Senior managers:
1) "intuitively sense when a problem exists"
2) "rely on intuition to perform well-learned behavior patterns rapidly."
3) "synthesize isolated bits of data and practice into an integrated picture, often in an “Aha!” experience"
4) "use intuition as a check on the results of more rational analysis." This use of intuition is further described: "Most senior executives are familiar with the formal decision analysis models and tools, and those who use such systematic methods for reaching decisions are occasionally leery of solutions suggested by these methods which run counter to their sense of the correct course of action."
5) Finally, senior manager use intuition "to bypass in-depth analysis and move rapidly to engender a plausible solution."
To answer question 4, we can eliminate any answer choices that point to one of the uses of intuition above. The remaining answer choice is the one NOT mentioned in the passage.
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This aligns nicely with 5) above, so we can eliminate (A).
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Yup, this matches 1). Eliminate (B).
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This is just like 3), so we can get rid of it.
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Hmmm... not seeing anything about goals in the list of ways senior managers use intuition. Because this is NOT mentioned in the passage, it is the correct answer.
Let's finish by checking on (E):
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This aligns with 4) in our list. Senior managers use intuition to evaluate whether solutions make sense.
Everything except (D) is listed in the passage, so (D) is the answer to question 4.
I hope that helps!
