Since the late 1970’s, in the face of a
severe loss of market share in dozens of industries, manufacturers in the United
States have been trying to improve productivity and therefore enhance their
international competitiveness through costcutting programs. (Cost-cutting here
is definding the amount of labor constant.) However, from 1978 through 1982,
productivity-- the value of goods manufactured divided by the amount of labor
input-- did not improve; and while the results were better in the business
upturn of the three years following, they ran 25 percent lower than productivity
improvements during earlier, post-1945 upturns. At the same, it became clear
that the harder manufactures worked to implement costcutting, the more they lost
their competitive edge. With this paradox in mind, I recently visited A. summarizing a thesis B. recommending a different approach C. comparing points of view D. making a series of predictions [单项选择]
{{B}}TEXT A{{/B}} Since the late 1970’s, in the face of a severe loss of market share in dozens of industries, manufacturers in the United States have been trying to improve productivity and therefore enhance their international competitiveness through costcutting programs. (Cost-cutting here is definding the amount of labor constant.) However, from 1978 through 1982, productivity—the value of goods manufactured divided by the amount of labor input—did not improve; and while the results were better in the business upturn of the three years following, they ran 25 percent lower than productivity improvements during earlier, post-1945 upturns. At the same, it became clear that the harder manufactures worked to implement costcutting, the more they lost their competitive edge. With this paradox in mind, I recently visited 25 companies: it became clear to me that the costcutting approach to increasing productivity is fundamentally f A. summarizing a thesis B. recommending a different approach C. comparing points of view D. making a series of predictions [填空题]In Yugoslavia, the late 1960s and early 1970s were marked by improved relations with other countries, regardless of their political______.(orient)
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