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.
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
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.
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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: | 
