单选题 In the first paragraph, the author quotes Straussmann's words in order to make clear ______.

A、 the importance of communicative capability in business
B、 the need for people of higher positions in a company
C、 the importance of assigning people to proper positions
D、 the necessity for people in higher positions to know information science

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 由短文第一段最后一句... managers and professionals spend more than half of their time in communicating with each other．可知，作者引用Straussmann的主要是为了表明交流能力的重要性。故应选A项。