Multiple choice

Directions: Select the appropriate word from the given options and fill blank (ii).
A large company, ___(i)_____ people is about as common as using a gun or a switch blade to ___(ii)_____ an argument. As a result, most managers have little or no experience of firing people, and they find it emotionally traumatic; result, they often delay the act interminably, much as an unhappy spouse will prolong a bad marriage. And the world - class software organizations have a different way of firing people? No, but they do the deed swiftly, manly, and professionally.
The key point here is to view the fired employee as a “failed product” and to ask how the process ___(iii)_____ such a phenomenon in the first place.

  1. resolve

  2. thwart

  3. defeat

  4. close

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A Correct answer
Explanation

People are fired when they could not resolve the argument. Hence, option (1) is the answer.