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The above passage discusses ______________.

A. the importance of truth
B. the relationship between workers
C. tendencies in perspective towards failure
D. different views of the same situation

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Who is the victim of the failure?

A. Wendy.
B. George.
C. Don.
D. All of them.

Which of the following is Not true?

A. Wendy had to do things with the money available.
B. Her preparation for the application was adequate.
C. George the head statistician agreed with Wendy.
Don the vice president of medical affairs did approve the plan.

People disagree over reasons for an unequivocal flop because ___.

A. employees and employers look at things differently
B. they differ in perspectives
C. the workplace relationship is often tense
D. true reasons are hard to find

Passage 1In his brilliant 1950 film, Rasbomon, the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa depicts the story of a rape and murder four times, from the perspectives of four characters. The message is clear: Different people can see the same events in dramatically different ways.In the workplace this phenomenon is particularly evident when i t comes to under performance and failure. An outcome that an employee regards as satisfactory may be seen by his boss as entirely unacceptable. When a project is an unequivocal flop, colleagues disagree over the reasons why. These reactions, and their effect on workplace relationships, often become more problematic than the original event. As a result, how people respond to negative feedback is of great importance to managers and organizations and is a major determinant of career success.Consider the case of a pharmaceutical company seeking FDA approval for a new use of an existing drug. (Some details have been changed to protect client confidentiality.) Wendy, a talented researcher, was put in charge of the large-scale data analysis required to file an application. She considered several approaches and recommended the one she thought best balanced the need for accuracy and comprehensiveness with the imperative to complete the work quickly and on budget. Her boss, George-- the company’s head statistician --agreed with the plan, and together they presented it to the vice president of medical affairs, Don. Although Don would have liked a more thorough approach, he recognized that it would be more expensive, and he signed off on the recommendation.After months of work the analysis failed to demonstrate the efficacy of the drug for the new use, and the application to the FDA had to be scrapped. Reactions varied. Don blamed the statistics department, and especially George, for recommending the approach it had taken. George did not think that he and his team were at fault, and he was angry with Don for allowing financial pressures to influence their choice in the first place. The two men struggled to work together. Wendy, meanwhile, felt she had personally fallen short and began having trouble focusing on her other assignments.1. The film Rasbomon is cited to suggest that ___.

A. a story could be told by as many as four people
B. the same events could be seen in quite different ways
C. a good story is capable of being understood in different ways
D. even a rape and murder story could be seen from different perspectives

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