2023電大管理英語4單元自測1試題附答案

2023國家開放大學(xué)電大管理英語4最新單元自測1試題附答案

,1.

.—Ithinkthingshavebeenabitdifficultforusthelast

coupleofmonths.

.—.We'vebeenworkinghard,butstillgetting

behind.

.單選題（10分）

1.A.

2.You'reright

3.B.

4.I'mafraid

5.C.

6.Idon'tthinkso

.2.

.一Couldyougiveusaspeechonmanagementfunctions

somedaythisweek?

.單選題（10分）

1.A.

2.That'sagoodidea

3.B.

4.No,Ialreadyhaveplans

5.C.

6.I'dloveto,butI'mbusythisweek

3.

hisangertheemployeescalledhimMr.Thunder,

buttheylovedhim.

單選題QO分）

1.A.

2.Dueto

3.B.

4.Inspiteof

5.C.

6.Because

4.

ThedemandsandrequirementsplacedontheCEOof

Sonyaredifferentfromonthemanagerofyourlocal

Wendy'srestaurant.

單選題（10分）

1.A.

2.these

3.B.

4.those

5.C.

6.which

.5.

.Eventhebestcontinuallyseekwaystotheirskills.

.單選題QO分)

1.A.

2.sharp

3.B.

4.sharpener

5.C.

6.sharpen

二、閱讀理解：根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，判斷正誤(共50分)。

WhoKilledNokia?

Nokiaexecutivesattemptedtoexplainitsfallfromthetop

ofthesmartphonepyramidwiththreefactors:1)thatNokia

wastechnicallyinferiortoApple,2)thatthecompanywas

complacentand3)thatitsleadersdidn'tseethedisruptive

iPhonecoming.

.Ithasalsobeenarguedthatitwasnoneofthe

above.Nokialostthesmartphonebattlebecauseof

divergentsharedfearsamongthecompany'smiddleand

topmanagerswhichledtocompany-wideinertiathatleftit

powerlesstorespondtoApple'sgame.

Basedonthefindingsofanin-depthinvestigation

and76interviewswithtopandmiddlemanagers,

engineersandexternalexperts,theresearchersdiscovered

acultureoffearduetotemperamentalleadersandthat

frightenedmiddlemanagerswerescaredoftellingthe

truth.

Thefearthatfrozethecompanycamefromtwo

places.First,thecompany'stopmanagershadaterrifying

reputation.SomemembersofNokia'sboardandtop

managementweredescribedas"extremelytemperamental"

andtheyregularlyshoutedatpeople"atthetopoftheir

lungs”.Itwasverydifficulttotellthemthingstheydidn't

wanttohear.Secondly,topmanagerswereafraidofthe

externalenvironmentandnotmeetingtheirquarterly

targets,whichalsoimpactedhowtheytreatedmiddle

managers.

Topmanagersthusmademiddlemanagersafraidof

disappointingthem.Middlemanagersweretoldthatthey

werenotambitiousenoughtomeettopmanagers'goals.

Fearingthereactionsoftopmanagers,middle

managersremainedsilentorprovidedoptimistic,filtered

information.Thus,middlemanagersdirectlyliedtotop

management.

Worse,acultureofstatusinsideNokiamade

everyonewanttoholdontovestedpowerforfearof

resourcesbeingallocatedelsewhereiftheydeliveredbad

newsorshowedthattheywerenotboldorambitious

enoughtoundertakechallengingassignments.

Beyondverbalpressure,topmanagersalsoapplied

pressureforfasterperformanceinpersonnelselection.This

ledmiddlemanagerstooverpromiseandunderdeliver.

Onemiddlemanagertoldusthat"youcangetresources

bypromisingsomethingearlier,orpromisingalot.It'ssales

work."

Whilemodestfearmightbehealthyformotivation,

abusingitcanbelikeoverusingadrug,whichrisks

generatingharmfulsideeffects.Toreducethisrisk,leaders

shouldcoordinatewiththevariedemotionsofthestaff.

Nokia'stopmanagersshouldhaveencouragedsafe

dialogue,internalcoordinationandfeedbackto

understandthetrueemotionintheorganization.

操作提示：正確選T,錯誤選F。

1.Nokialostthesmartphonebattlebecauseits

technologyisnotasgoodasthatofApple.請選擇TF請

選擇

2.Nokia'smiddlemanagerswerefranktotellthetruth,

butthetoponesdidn'tlistentothem,請選擇TF請選擇

3.Nokia'stopmanagersweretoomoodytohear

anythinggoodbutharsh.請選擇TF請選擇

4.Middleman