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100. One way to judge the performance of a company is to compare it with other companies. This technique, commonly called “benchmarking,” permits the manager of a company to discover better industrial practices and can provide a justification for the adoption of good practices.

Any of the following, if true, is a valid reason for benchmarking the performance of a company against companies with which is not in competition rather than against competitors EXCEPT:

A. Comparisons with competitors are most likely to focus on practices that the manager making the comparisons already employs.

B. Getting “inside” information about the unique practices of competitors is particularly difficult.

C. Since companies that compete with each other are likely to have comparable levels of efficiency, only benchmarking against noncompetitors is likely to reveal practices that they find outside their own industry.

D. Managers are generally more receptive to new ideas that they find outside their own industry.

E. Much of the success of good companies is due to their adoption of practice that take advantage of the special circumstances of their product or markets.

“Benchmarking” is a technique for judging the performance of a company by comparing it with other companies. The goal is to find and adopt better industrial practices.

Which one condition does NOT recommend benchmarking against noncompetors? Which one condition IS a well-founded reason to benchmark against competitiors? First, sort through the given information and the answer choices for eht question to gain an understanding of the potential advantages of disadvantages of comparing a company to its competitors or to noncompetitors. What are the reasons in favor of benchmarking against noncompetitiors information about noncompeting companies is easier to obtain; it can offer new insights; and it may be easier to put onto practice. Why them might a manager choose to benchmark against competitors? Competing companies do share special circumstances involving products and markets. If companies are often successful because of practices related ot these special circumstances within their industry, then benchmarking against competitors will reveal these practice and so be more fruitful than benchmarking against noncompetitors.

A. Since benchmarking against competitors would yield few new practices, it would be better to b benchmark against noncompetitors.

B. If information about competitors is hard to obtain, benchmarking against noncompetiors is preferable.

C. Since benchmarking against noncompetitors would yield practices useful in beating competitors, benchmarking against noncompetitors is preferable

D. If managers are more likely to adopt new practices learned from benchmarking against noncompetitors, then this techniques is preferable

E. Correct. This sttement properly identifies the rationalbe that supports a company's benchmarking against its competitors.

Any of the following, if true, is a valid reason for benchmarking the performance of a company against companies with which is not in competition rather than against competitors EXCEPT:

我觉得competitiors指的是同行业的竞争者,而noncompetitors是其他行业的企业,因而没有竞争关系.

问题的意思是,以下哪个选项不是一家公司选择跨行业公司作为基准而不是同行业其他公司作为基准的原因?

哪位能把这道题翻译一下,我觉得,没有做对,是没有读懂整个题目的意思.遇到EXT,应该怎么做,谢谢

以下是引用ProteinMonica在2006-5-27 14:40:00的发言：

Any of the following, if true, is a valid reason for benchmarking the performance of a company against companies with which is not in competition rather than against competitors EXCEPT:

A. Comparisons with competitors are most likely to focus on practices that the manager making the comparisons already employs.

B. Getting “inside” information about the unique practices of competitors is particularly difficult.

D. Managers are generally more receptive to new ideas that they find outside their own industry.

E. Much of the success of good companies is due to their adoption of practice that take advantage of the special circumstances of their product or markets.

OG的解释

Argument Construction

Situation

“Benchmarking” is a technique for judging the performance of a company by comparing it with other companies. The goal is to find and adopt better industrial practices.

Reasoning

A. Since benchmarking against competitors would yield few new practices, it would be better to b benchmark against noncompetitors.

B. If information about competitors is hard to obtain, benchmarking against noncompetiors is preferable.

C. Since benchmarking against noncompetitors would yield practices useful in beating competitors, benchmarking against noncompetitors is preferable

D. If managers are more likely to adopt new practices learned from benchmarking against noncompetitors, then this techniques is preferable

E. Correct. This sttement properly identifies the rationalbe that supports a company's benchmarking against its competitors.

我的问题：这道题的问题是什么意思？谢谢

Any of the following, if true, is a valid reason for benchmarking the performance of a company against companies with which it is not in competition rather than against competitors EXCEPT:

One way to judge the performance of a company is to compare it with other companies. This technique, commonly called “benchmarking,” 这个就是benchmarking的定义，也就是说把a company与companies相比。所以问题通过语法分析：benchmarking the performance of a company against companies with which it is not in competition rather than against competitors 说得就是把a company与companies进行benchmarking（against），而companies到底是什么样的companies呢？定于从句which给出it(这里指代a company) is not in a competition with the companies.而不是与（rather than against这里省略掉benchmarking)competitors进行benchmarking.

以下是引用gmat_cxl在2008-7-16 21:06:00的发言：
Translations: 下面哪个选项假如是正确的, 可以成为一个合适的理由解释一个公司选择用非同行业竞争的公司来定义绩效基准,而不是和同行业的竞争者比较.

下面哪个选项不属于选择非竞争企业作为参照而不选择竞争对手作为参照的原因。