OG 11th #100

peterchang

One way to judge the performance of a company is to compare it with other copanies. This technique commanly 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 vaild 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 competitiors 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 respective to new ideas that they fiund 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.



Ans:E

I don't understand what the question said in blue .Could anyone explain it??  Tks.

gonghao

这个题，先不看except，is a vaild reason for benchmarking the performance of a company against companies with which it is not in competition rather than against competitors

意思是找一些支持的原因，来支持benchmarking在非竞争公司之间比较比在竞争公司之间比较要好，就是在非竞争公司之间用benchmarking是好的，竞争公司之间比较不好，就好了。因为是except，所以看到选项是支持上述结论的就不选。

A：竞争公司之间比较，可能只会关注于一些经理们已经使用的一些practice－－－也就是竞争公司之间比较本身比较的单一

B：竞争公司的信息比较难拿－－－－在竞争公司之间比较，比较困难

C：非竞争公司之间的比较会有一些新的发现－－－－非竞争公司之间比较，好啊

D：在自己的公司之外可能会有新的理念－－－同D

E：在产品和市场之间获得优势的一些practice是公司成功的原因－－－－无关，没有提到哪个好，哪个不好

竹叶生姿

谢谢gonghao版主的解释，非常清楚！