When Working with Overseas Clients, an Understanding of Cultural Norms GMAT Sentence Correction

Question: When working with overseas clients, an understanding of cultural norms is at least as important as grasping the pivotal business issues for the global manager.
(A) When working with overseas clients, an understanding of cultural norms is at least as important as grasping the pivotal business issues for the global manager.
(B) When they work with overseas clients, understanding cultural norms is at least of equal importance to the global manager as grasping the pivotal business issues.
(C) For global managers working with overseas clients, understanding cultural norms is at least as important as grasping the pivotal business issues.
(D) For global managers working with overseas clients, an understanding of cultural norms is at least as important to them as that they grasp the pivotal business issues.
(E) Global managers working with overseas clients find an understanding of cultural norms to be equally important as grasping the pivotal business issues.

“When Working with Overseas Clients, an Understanding of Cultural Norms” - is a GMAT sentence correction question. These types of questions contain grammatical errors and we have to choose the correct statement from the options. This topic is the GMAT sentence correction comes with four options and candidates need to choose the one which is correct. GMAT sentence correction is a part of GMAT verbal. It checks whether the candidate is able to decode the inaccuracy in the sentence. It also checks if they are able to bring out an idea or meaning of the context.

Answer: C
Explanation: This GMAT sentence correction question. To find the answer to the question, we need to follow the grammatical concepts. Below is the rule that we need to follow to answer the question:
Concepts tested here: Meaning + Modifiers + Comparisons + Pronouns + Awkwardness/Redundancy

• The most frequently tested concept in GMAT sentence correction is “phrase + comma + noun” construction”.
• A comparison must always be made between similar things.

Let us check the option:

(A) When working with overseas clients, an understanding of cultural norms is at least as important as grasping the pivotal business issues for the global manager.
Option A is incorrect as ‘When working with overseas clients’ phrase is illogically used. The meaning implies certain global managers are working with overseas clients. It must be noted that “phrase + comma + noun” construction. The phrase must correctly modify the noun. Further, Option A incorrectly compares the noun "an understanding of cultural norms" to the action "grasping the pivotal business issues". The comparison must be done between two similar things.

(B) When they work with overseas clients, understanding cultural norms is at least of equal importance to the global manager as grasping the pivotal business issues.
Option B is again incorrect. It uses the plural pronoun ‘they’ to refer to the singular noun ‘the global manager’.

(C) For global managers working with overseas clients, understanding cultural norms is at least as important as grasping the pivotal business issues.
Option C is correct. The phrase ‘For global managers working with overseas clients’, conveys the intended meaning. It implies that certain global managers are working with overseas clients. Additionally, option C avoids the pronoun error seen in Option B. Option C correctly compares the actions of "understanding cultural norms" and "grasping the pivotal business issues". Hence option C is the correct answer.

(D) For global managers working with overseas clients, an understanding of cultural norms is at least as important to them as that they grasp the pivotal business issues.
Option D is incorrect. It compares two different things "an understanding of cultural norms" to "that they grasp the pivotal business issues".

(E) Global managers working with overseas clients find an understanding of cultural norms to be equally important as grasping the pivotal business issues.
Option E is incorrect because it compares a noun and a verb. It compares the noun "an understanding of cultural norms" to the action "grasping the pivotal business issues". A comparison can only be made between similar things.

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