Multiple choice

Directions: Select the appropriate word from the given options and fill blank (iii).
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. derived

  2. engineered

  3. produced

  4. allowed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

If the fired employee is viewed as a failed product, obviously, first thing that comes to our mind is that how come he was allowed in the organisation. Therefore, option (4) is the answer.