Question

Directions for questions 1-5: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way

Characters are also part of deep structure. Characters tie events in a story together and provide a thread of continuity and meaning. Stories can be about individuals, groups, projects or whole organizations, so from an organizational studies perspective, the focal actor(s) determine the level and unit of analysis used in a study. Stories of mergers and acquisitions, for example, are common place. In these stories whole organizations are personified as actors. But these macro-level stories usually are not told from the perspective of the macro-level participants, because whole organizations cannot narrate their experiences in the first person. _________________________

• A. More generally, data concerning the identities and relationships of the characters in the story are required, if one is to understand role structure and social networks in which that process is embedded.
• B. Personification of a whole organization abstracts away from the particular actors and from traditional notions of level of analysis.
• C. The personification of a whole organization is important because stories differ depending on who is enacting various events.
• D. The personification of a whole organization is a textual device we use to make macro-level theories more comprehensible.

Answer 1

The correct option is D The personification of a whole organization is a textual device we use to make macro-level theories more comprehensible.

Option (d)

The paragraph briefly is about why stories are structured around focal characters. And why in stories of organizations, organizations have to be personified and focal characters as organizations cannot narrate their experiences.Option (a) is incorrect as it continues the first part of the paragraph and is unrelated the second part.

Option (b) is incorrect as it talks about abstracting away from the particular whereas the paragraph is talking about particularizing.

Options(c) talks about different points of view, which is irrelevant to the paragraph.

Hence, the correct answer is option (d).