OG題問

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 it 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 would aid in beating competitors.

(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 practices that take advantage of the special circumstances of their products or markets.

(A)       The sense of smell in adult female rats is more acute than that in rat pups.

(B)      The amount of scent produced by rat pups increases when they are in the presence of a female rat that did not bear them.

(C)      Female rats that have given birth are more affected by olfactory cues than are female rats that have never given birth.

(D)      A female rat that has given birth shows maternal behavior toward rat pups that she did not bear more quickly than does a female rat that has never given birth.

(E)      The development of a female rat's maternal interest in a rat pup that she did not bear is inhibited by the odor of the pup.

請問這次題怎樣解釋呀

第一个，　E中说， 成功公司都用与他所处环境和市场匹配的practice。这就说明，外行业的公司（有不同的环境和市场状况）不能借鉴

第二个，　E中说，女rat母性的激发受到不是亲生小rat身上气味的抑制。所以让女rat闻不到，或者小rat没味道就可以缩短适应期，因为抑制因素被排除了。