Rearrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
A. Because, if the manager's subordinates are inefficient and ineffective and are not helped to increase their efficiency and effectiveness, the task may not be achieved.
B. This may be just as true as the responsibility for achieving prescribed tasks.
C. If it is achieved at too great a cost, or at the risk of other effects many of which are less obvious.
D. It is often said that one of the prime responsibilities of a manager is the training and development of staff
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → DBAC
Rearranged Parts:
(D) It is often said that one of the prime responsibilities of a manager is the training and development of staff.
(B) This may be just as true as the responsibility for achieving prescribed tasks.
(A) Because, if the manager's subordinates are inefficient and ineffective and are not helped to increase their efficiency and effectiveness, the task may not be achieved.
(C) If it is achieved at too great a cost, or at the risk of other effects many of which are less obvious.
D introduces the topic, the manager's duty to train staff. "This" in B refers back to that statement and compares it with the duty of achieving tasks. A gives the reason ("Because ...") why training matters: without it the task may not be achieved. C continues with the other risk, that the task ("it") is achieved only at too great a cost.
Complete paragraph: It is often said that one of the prime responsibilities of a manager is the training and development of staff. This may be just as true as the responsibility for achieving prescribed tasks. Because, if the manager's subordinates are inefficient and ineffective and are not helped to increase their efficiency and effectiveness, the task may not be achieved. If it is achieved at too great a cost, or at the risk of other effects many of which are less obvious.