[两道题的对比] og12-123和prep-36

michiyo622

我是在做prep的时候发现的问题，看了大家的讨论，依然觉得有待于指点。。。两道题题目一样，但是问题一个是weaken一个是support
og1-123
Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an independent supplier a product or service that a
company has previously provided for itself. Since a company’s chief objective is to realize the highest
possible year-end profits, any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less
than it would cost the company to provide the product or service on its own should be outsourced.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally
exploit the vigorous competition arising among several firms that are interested in supplying
that product.

(B) Successful outsourcing requires a company to provide its suppliers with information about its
products and plans that can fall into the hands of its competitors and give them a business
advantage.

(C) Certain tasks, such as processing a company’s payroll, are commonly outsourced, whereas
others, such as handling the company’s core business, are not.

(D) For a company to provide a product or service for itself as efficiently as an independent supplier
can provide it, the managers involved need to be as expert in the area of that product or service
as the people in charge of that product or service at an independent supplier are.

(E) When a company decides to use an independent supplier for a product or service, the independent
supplier sometimes hires members of the company’s staff who formerly made the product
or provided the service that the independent supplier now supplies.



prep cr 36
Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an independent supplier a product or service that a company has previously provided for itself.  Vernon, Inc., a small manufacturing company that has in recent years experienced a decline in its profits, plans to boost its profits by outsourcing those parts of its business that independent suppliers can provide at lower cost than Vernon can itself.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that Vernon's plan will achieve its goal?

(A) Among the parts of its business that Vernon does not plan to outsource are some that require standards of accuracy too high for most independent suppliers to provide at lower cost than Vernon can.
(B) Vernon itself acts as an independent supplier of specialized hardware items to certain manufacturers that formerly made those items themselves.
(C) Relatively few manufacturers that start as independent suppliers have been able to expand their business and become direct competitors of the companies they once supplied.
(D) Vernon plans to select the independent suppliers it will use on the basis of submitted bids.
(E) Attending to certain tasks that Vernon performs relatively inefficiently has taken up much of the time and effort of top managers whose time would have been better spent attending to Vernon's core business.


两道题的答案都已标出

我注意到第一题的b和第二题的c刚好是相反的，因为当时先做的第一题觉得没问题，可能有点先入为主，所以第二题的就选了c项。

我认为e项的问题在于，managers spend more time and effort 来处理工资的重要事务，并不代表公司的profit就多啊！而c项的竞争关系却会导致profit的减少

请赐教！！灰常感谢！！！！！

我要喝可乐

清飞扬 发表于 2011-8-16 22:43
结论是：any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less than it wo ...

懂了

kakadinho

C需要更多的假设才能link到plan's goal(boosting profit):  
1.这是一个general claim, 需要能适用到Vernon的case；      
2.即使V的供应商都不和它竞争，也只是没有因为原来供应商的竞争带来的坏处，要想对profits有好处，还有很大gap；            
E：首先，原文说把外部供应商做比自己做成本低的一部分业务外包。而E说，一部分业务inefficient，然后占用高管大量时间。（inefficient，低效率，在经济学里，就是代表了高成本的可能，所以inefficient=potentially high cost,你必须认可这个）。所以这部分业务符合外包条件。
    E又说，转移了以后，高管可以focus在核心业务（would have been better spent...），进而（more efficient，因而more likely to have lower cost）的核心业务投入了更多的time and effort,这显然对profits的作用是positive的。比C要直接很多。如果参考OG13122题，选B，是因为除了提到竞争者，还有一个premise弥补了这道题C选项”竞争→profit“的大gap：give them a business advantage.(进而很容易推出会给公司利润造成negative impact)这道题充分Demo了CR选项most strongly support/weaken的意思，一定要选最相关最strong的

还可以看看Ron对这个题的分析（我认为在美国这个很重视人工成本和效率的国家，人们对efficiency和profit的理解比中国人要直接）
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/plan-of-action-cr-t4879.html

P.S.话说我还真不同意楼上某NN说的这是700-的题。

邦得

之前看了关于这两题得讨论 个人感觉第二题有两点可能对解题有帮助（总结前人观点）
1. 第二题的问题问的是most strongly supports 那么E选项就更直接了 因为管理得当  利润自然会提高
而C选项只是说不会产生竞争  而竞争不太好直接和利润挂钩（第一题的B选项虽然隐含了挂钩，但是
它有加了一个and give them a business advantage）。所以从most这个角度讲选E

2. 第二题的题干的结论是in recent years experienced a decline in its profits, plans to boost its profits ，
recent 表明这个公司想得到在利润上一个立竿见影的效果，而C选项的竞争是一个长期的结果 所以关联性
差了点  没E好

michiyo622

好了，我懂了，遇到NN了。。。。

michiyo622

结论是：
any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less than it would cost the company to provide the product or service on its own should be outsourced

所以问题就是要看，是否应该要outsoucing,

如果你能说出outsourcing的坏处，那么就是weaken，如果你能说出outsourcing的好处就是strengthen

故：

(A) If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally
exploit the vigorous competition arising among several firms that are interested in supplying
that product.---说outsourcing的具体操作方法，和结论无关

(B) Successful outsourcing requires a company to provide its suppliers with information about its
products and plans that can fall into the hands of its competitors and give them a business
advantage.-----说outsourcing可能会造成的隐患对公司不好，所以算是weaken（defender）

(C) Certain tasks, such as processing a company’s payroll, are commonly outsourced, whereas
others, such as handling the company’s core business, are not. -----只是说哪些会outsourcing哪些不会，对于outsourcing对公司好和不好没有直接影响，所以无关

(D) For a company to provide a product or service for itself as efficiently as an independent supplier
can provide it, the managers involved need to be as expert in the area of that product or service
as the people in charge of that product or service at an independent supplier are.----算是一种support了，因为manager是这个领域的expert，有利于做出对公司有利的outsourcing

(E) When a company decides to use an independent supplier for a product or service, the independent
supplier sometimes hires members of the company’s staff who formerly made the product
or provided the service that the independent supplier now supplies.----supplier hire原公司的员工，对supplier有利，对公司本身没有利益的作用，所以无关

所以答案是B

-- by 会员 清飞扬 (2011/8/16 22:43:21)

我知道我很烦人@@@但是@@@我想请教一下第二题。。

按照你刚刚讲的逻辑，第二题的c就是说Outsourcing没有坏处，而e说明outsourcing有好处。所以综上的话e要更好一点对不对。。。
谢谢谢谢！！！！！！！

清飞扬

SUPPORT的那道也是同理，找个outsourcing对公司有好处的选项

5个选项里，直接说对公司利益有好处的只有E了

清飞扬

结论是：
any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less than it would cost the company to provide the product or service on its own should be outsourced

所以问题就是要看，是否应该要outsoucing,

如果你能说出outsourcing的坏处，那么就是weaken，如果你能说出outsourcing的好处就是strengthen

故：

(A) If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally
exploit the vigorous competition arising among several firms that are interested in supplying
that product.---说outsourcing的具体操作方法，和结论无关

(B) Successful outsourcing requires a company to provide its suppliers with information about its
products and plans that can fall into the hands of its competitors and give them a business
advantage.-----说outsourcing可能会造成的隐患对公司不好，所以算是weaken（defender）

(C) Certain tasks, such as processing a company’s payroll, are commonly outsourced, whereas
others, such as handling the company’s core business, are not. -----只是说哪些会outsourcing哪些不会，对于outsourcing对公司好和不好没有直接影响，所以无关

(D) For a company to provide a product or service for itself as efficiently as an independent supplier
can provide it, the managers involved need to be as expert in the area of that product or service
as the people in charge of that product or service at an independent supplier are.----算是一种support了，因为manager是这个领域的expert，有利于做出对公司有利的outsourcing

(E) When a company decides to use an independent supplier for a product or service, the independent
supplier sometimes hires members of the company’s staff who formerly made the product
or provided the service that the independent supplier now supplies.----supplier hire原公司的员工，对supplier有利，对公司本身没有利益的作用，所以无关

所以答案是B

michiyo622

还有。。。弱弱的求这道题的思路。。。

michiyo622

CR重要的是思路，否则即便是人家解释你听，你也会觉得是天方夜谭的。置顶区的下载集合里有这本书，你一周就考了把关键的几个看看吧，比如assumption/strengthen, weaken, 等，其他的就别看了

虽然manhattan也有CR的书，可是我觉得没有powerscore解释的清楚，两本书说的都是一个指导方针，只是不同的说法，powerscore说得更清楚

-- by 会员 清飞扬 (2011/8/16 22:31:09)

多谢！！