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"Lifelong learning" is a phrase beloved by business schools. But not, it seems, by their clients. According to a recent survey b

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问题     "Lifelong learning" is a phrase beloved by business schools. But not, it seems, by their clients. According to a recent survey by Mannaz, a management-development firm, the number of professionals taking part in formal corporate training drops rapidly after the age of 55. Are these wise, old heads being overlooked?
    It is tempting to conclude that older executives are falling victim to age discrimination, as firms focus resources on younger talent. But Jorgen Thorsell, Mannaz’s vice-president, attributes this to the employees themselves instead of to the organizations.
    This doesn’t mean that more seasoned executives have completely abandoned the idea of personal and career development, however. Instead, Mr. Thorsell says that this group prefers a do-it-yourself approach, conducting their own research and swapping war stories with their peers rather than take a place at business school.
    This self-taught approach carries two potential dangers. The first is that a wealth of knowledge and experience is lost from the classroom, which reduces the value of the training for everyone else. But non-participation may also be the beginning of a process of detachment from the organization, its aims and aspirations, which in time will damage both parties. Furthermore, Stephen Burnett, associate dean of a management school close to Chicago, says that as executives start to stretch their careers into their seventies, education makes even more sense for this group.
    One solution is to throw money at the problem. When senior managers are offered the chance to mix with their peers at a top business school, they seem to be quickly won over. IMD in Switzerland, for example, maintains that it does not see any drop in the number of older managers on its programs, and goes on to say that it has actually witnessed organizations investing heavily in them throughout the downturn.
    Few organizations could afford to put all of their veteran managers through the sort of prestigious programs that IMD offers. But firms do need to engage those managers below the C-suite—whom one management consultant describes as the "magnificent middle"—because these are the front-liners who make things happen within any business and who carry around in their heads the secrets of how the organization works.
    One way in which this can be done is to make training less about abstract theory and more about the actual workplace. This means steering clear of the case studies that business schools are so fond of and instead relating new ideas directly to what is happening on a day-to-day basis within the organization. To accomplish this, training should be delivered in short, sharp bursts so that executives can take a lesson, put it into practice, assess its effectiveness and then return to shape it further in light of this "trial by fire".
Which is the attitude of organizations towards the training programs for older managers?
选项 A、They are willing to spend enough money on them.
B、They will not pay for them in case of crisis.
C、They will reduce the number of people on programs.
D、They will pay even more throughout the downturn.
答案A
解析 推理判断题。定位句中说，IMD学院认为接受其培训课程的高龄主管数量并未减少，并进一步表示，即便在经济并不景气的现在，各企业还是投人了大量的资金用于对他们进行培训，因此A)为本题答案。B)“在危机情况下他们不会为培训付钱”，文中说即使经济低迷，企业仍然会为培训付钱，故排除；C)“他们会缩减参加培训的人数”，文中提到“IMD学院认为参加其培训课程的高龄主管数量并未减少”，故排除；D)“他们会在经济不景气的情况下付更多的钱”，文中只是说在经济低迷期仍然会投人大量资金，但并未说会投入更多，故排除。
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