It can be inferred from the passage that, in general, strategic planning during the 1980s had all of the following shortcomings EXCEPT
(A) a reliance on outside consultants who did not necessarily understand the nuts and bolts of the business
(B) a dependence on theoretical models that did not always perfectly describe the workings of the company
(C) an inherent weakness in the company’s own ability to implement the strategic plan--> this seems to be the best possible answers.This answer can also be challenged because the companies brought in experts from outside to do the analysis.
(D) an excess of information and data that made it difficult to get to key concepts
(E) the lack of a forum for middle managers to express their ideas
In this we have confusion between C & D.
"Passage tells at line 24 that there is a bulk of information theories available that have little to do with realities of a company."
From this we can leave option D.
So C would be the best answer.
(A) a reliance on outside consultants who did not necessarily understand the nuts and bolts of the business
(B) a dependence on theoretical models that did not always perfectly describe the workings of the company
(C) an inherent weakness in the company’s own ability to implement the strategic plan--> this seems to be the best possible answers.This answer can also be challenged because the companies brought in experts from outside to do the analysis.
(D) an excess of information and data that made it difficult to get to key concepts
(E) the lack of a forum for middle managers to express their ideas
In this we have confusion between C & D.
"Passage tells at line 24 that there is a bulk of information theories available that have little to do with realities of a company."
From this we can leave option D.
So C would be the best answer.