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GMAT Question of the Day:Critical Reasoning

To reduce costs, a company is considering a drastic reduction in the number of middle-level managers. This reduction would be accomplished by first offering early retirement to those 50 years of age or older with 15 years of service, and then by firing enough of the others to bring the overall reduction to 50 percent. [...]

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Written by Take GMAT Team on January 31st, 2010 with 43 comments.
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To reduce costs, a company is considering a drastic reduction in the number of middle-level managers. This reduction would be accomplished by first offering early retirement to those 50 years of age or older with 15 years of service, and then by firing enough of the others to bring the overall reduction to 50 percent. Each of the following, assuming that it is a realistic possibility, is a possible disadvantage to the company of the plan EXCEPT:
(A) Loyalty to the company will be reduced among those surviving the reduction, because they
will perceive the status of even good managers as uncertain.
(B) The restructuring of managerial jobs will allow business units to be adapted to fit a changing
business environment.
(C) The company will have a smaller pool of managers from which to choose in selecting
future senior managers.
(D) Some of the best managers, unsure of their security against being fired, will choose early
retirement.
(E) The increased workload of managers remaining with the company will subject them to stress
that will eventually affect their performance

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Written by Take GMAT Team on January 31st, 2010 with 43 comments.
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Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Krishna Mohan
#1. September 21st, 2006, at 8:28 AM.

(B) The restructuring of managerial jobs will allow business units to be adapted to fit a changing
business environment.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Sandeep
#2. September 21st, 2006, at 11:32 AM.

My Answer is B. This is advantage to enterprise.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Anchal
#3. September 21st, 2006, at 2:11 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com farhaan
#4. September 21st, 2006, at 4:14 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com shriram
#5. September 21st, 2006, at 5:21 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Nrip Nihalani
#6. September 21st, 2006, at 6:55 PM.

B for sure…Is this not a bit too simple to appear on the GMAT

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com V Pat
#7. September 21st, 2006, at 11:47 PM.

(B) The restructuring of managerial jobs will allow business units to be adapted to fit a changing business environment.

All shall concur…..

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Take GMAT Team
#8. September 22nd, 2006, at 8:12 AM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Anirban
#9. March 28th, 2007, at 11:52 AM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com pal
#10. March 28th, 2007, at 2:06 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com prakash
#11. April 2nd, 2007, at 5:16 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Valmik
#12. April 3rd, 2007, at 12:01 AM.

(B) The restructuring of managerial jobs will allow business units to be adapted to fit a changing
business environment.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com sachin
#13. March 28th, 2008, at 4:36 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com aman
#14. March 29th, 2008, at 1:31 PM.

ans is B but where i will find teh corect ans????????/

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#15. March 30th, 2008, at 9:16 PM.

The answer is B….every other option is going against the organization

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com ketko
#16. March 31st, 2008, at 11:36 PM.

ya its B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com pranaysad
#17. April 4th, 2008, at 12:42 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com kv
#18. April 7th, 2008, at 4:41 PM.

b

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Arkesh Sharma
#19. April 8th, 2008, at 9:24 AM.

The right answer is (B)

(B) The restructuring of managerial jobs will allow business units to be adapted to fit a changing
business environment.

Can anyone pls lemme know the right answer.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Nitin Sood
#20. April 18th, 2008, at 3:38 AM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com utk
#21. September 28th, 2008, at 2:18 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com sohan
#22. September 28th, 2008, at 5:38 PM.

my ans. is B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Ramz
#23. September 28th, 2008, at 6:06 PM.

B
way too easy again!!:(

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com rao
#24. September 28th, 2008, at 9:53 PM.

I go with “B”

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com jaspreet
#25. September 28th, 2008, at 11:36 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Arun
#26. September 30th, 2008, at 7:31 AM.

B is the answer

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Ken
#27. September 30th, 2008, at 9:23 AM.

Clearly, its B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com kapil
#28. September 30th, 2008, at 9:28 AM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com raj
#29. October 2nd, 2008, at 6:41 PM.

B i guess… :o

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Janet
#30. October 2nd, 2008, at 6:42 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Kramer
#31. October 3rd, 2008, at 12:58 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Sivana
#32. October 3rd, 2008, at 1:32 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com ricky
#33. October 10th, 2008, at 9:59 AM.

B it is

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Kuldeep Sharma
#34. November 11th, 2008, at 11:41 PM.

100% it is B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Manisangsu
#35. January 31st, 2010, at 5:52 AM.

B… obvious..

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com srimathy
#36. January 31st, 2010, at 1:23 PM.

Option B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com devkant
#37. January 31st, 2010, at 7:39 PM.

B……very easy……did not had to go through all…..

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com adutta24
#38. January 31st, 2010, at 9:21 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com ismitevijay
#39. January 31st, 2010, at 10:33 PM.

B:

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com vd
#40. February 1st, 2010, at 2:38 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Sayema
#41. February 1st, 2010, at 4:38 PM.

Ans:

b.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com aryan
#42. February 2nd, 2010, at 3:04 AM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com BHANU
#43. February 7th, 2010, at 5:14 PM.

B

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