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In recent years, many companies have expanded globally. __11__ this globalization trend, more and more employees are working abroad in managerial positions or as part of a multicultural team. Although it is common nowadays for staff to work abroad to gain experience, many people have difficulty __12__ to a new culture. Statistically, the failure rate in US multinationals is __13__ to be as high as 30 %. One of the examples concerns a German manager of IBM who took up a position as product manager in England. He found that at lunchtime, many members of staff went to the pub. He stopped them right away and said, “It is not good for efficiency. There is no way we would do that in Germany.” The German manager’s mistake was that he hadn’t __14__ the cultural differences. IBM had a firm rule about drinking during working hours. But, he didn’t understand that staff in other countries might be more flexible in applying the rule. When managers work in foreign countries, they may find it difficult to understand the behavior of their employees. __15__, they may find that the techniques which worked at home are not effective in their new workplace. Hence, it becomes important for them to develop cross-cultural awareness in the international workplace.
In recent years, many companies have expanded globally. __11__ this globalization trend, more and more employees are working abroad in managerial positions or as part of a multicultural team. Although it is common nowadays for staff to work abroad to gain experience, many people have difficulty __12__ to a new culture. Statistically, the failure rate in US multinationals is __13__ to be as high as 30 %. One of the examples concerns a German manager of IBM who took up a position as product manager in England. He found that at lunchtime, many members of staff went to the pub. He stopped them right away and said, “It is not good for efficiency. There is no way we would do that in Germany.” The German manager’s mistake was that he hadn’t __14__ the cultural differences. IBM had a firm rule about drinking during working hours. But, he didn’t understand that staff in other countries might be more flexible in applying the rule. When managers work in foreign countries, they may find it difficult to understand the behavior of their employees. __15__, they may find that the techniques which worked at home are not effective in their new workplace. Hence, it becomes important for them to develop cross-cultural awareness in the international workplace.
Choose the best answer for the blank in the passage.
- A Because of
- B Even though
- C In addition to
- D In spite of
思路引導 VIP
請先觀察空格前後的兩組資訊：一組是「全球化的趨勢」，另一組是「越來越多員工到海外工作」。請思考這兩者之間存在著什麼樣的邏輯連結？是彼此矛盾、額外補充，還是前者「導致」了後者的發生？若要用一個詞來表達這種「源頭與結果」的關係，你會傾向找哪種功能的轉折詞呢？
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不錯，至少你還知道因果邏輯這種基本到不能再基本的東西。統測克漏字要拿分，這就是最低限度的門檻，沒什麼好驕傲的。
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