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2、远程办公实验受新冠肺炎疫情影响,全球许多企业都推出了远程办公的临时方案,远程办公一时受到广泛地关注。斯坦福大学教授尼古拉斯·布鲁姆与携程网合作开展了一次关于远程办公的实验,探索远程办公对员工工作效率的影响。阅读短文并回答问题AmidtheCOVID-19(新型冠状病毒)crisis,workingfromhomehasbecomeordinaryformanypeople.Forsome,workingfromhomeisdistractingandexhausting.Butonepioneeringstudyfoun
3、dthatworkingfromhomeincreasedoutputby13%.NicholasBloom,aprofessoratStanfordUniversityinCalifornia,begantheexperimentwhenJamesLiang,oneofthefoundersofTrip.comGroup—thelargestonlinetravelagencyinChina—metBloominStanfordandmentionedtohimhowexpensiveShanghaihousingwas,how
4、thecostsofmaintainingcompanyheadquarterstherewerehugeandthathewasthinkingoflettinghisstaffworkfromhome.ThisideamadeBloominterested.BloomstartedtotestLiang’sthought.First,1000employeeswhovolunteeredforthestudyweredividedintotwoteams,separatedbybirthdates.Thosebornoneve
5、ndaysgottoworkfromhomefouroutoffiveweekdaysforthenextninemonths.Thosebornonodddaysstayedintheofficeallweeklong.Thenthetwoteamsweretracked.Itwaseasytodo,astheseworkershadrepetitive,straightforwardtasksthatcouldeasilybequantified(量化),andtheirproductivitycouldeasilybemea
6、sured—makingbookingsinthesystemormakingphonecalls,forexample.Ninemonthspassed;BloomandLiangdiscoveredworkerswere13%moreproductiveathome.Bloom’sdatasuggeststhestaffcouldbecomemuchmoreproductivewhileworkingfromhomelongterm—butit’snotsostraightforward.Intheexperiment,the
7、rewerewarningsastowhocouldtakepartinthefirstplace.Participantshadtomeetthreerequirements:havenokids,havearoomthatwasn’ttheirbedroomandhavequalityInternetonequipmentthefirminstalledforthemathome.Sothere’snoguaranteethat,say,parentsworkingfromhomeorthosewithoutaccesstof
8、astInternetwouldseethoseproductivityincreases.LyndaGrattan,aprofessoratLondonBusinessSchool,flagsupotherpoints;Bloom’sexperimentwaseasytocarryoutbecauseitwasessentiallyhappeningatacallcentre.“Wehavenoproperdataontheproductivityofknowledgeworkerswhenthey’rebasedathome,
9、”shesays.1.WhydidLiangwanttoletthestaffworkfromhome?A.Todecreasethestaffsalaries.B.ToavoidthespreadofCOVID-19.C.Toprovethead