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The fact that superior service can generate a competitive advantage for a compan
The fact that superior service can generate a competitive advantage for a compan
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2024-01-12
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The fact that superior service can generate a competitive advantage for a company does not mean that every attempt at improving service will create such an advantage. Investments in service, like those in production and distribution, must be balanced against other types of investments on the basis of direct, tangible benefits such as cost reduction and increased revenues. If a company is already effectively on a par with its competitors because it provides service that avoids a damaging reputation and keeps customers from leaving at an unacceptable rate, then investment in higher service levels may be wasted, since service is a deciding factor for customers only in extreme situations.
This truth was not apparent to managers of one regional bank, which failed to improve its competitive position despite its investment in reducing the time a customer had to wait for a teller. The bank managers did not recognize the level of customer inertia in the consumer banking industry that arises from the inconvenience of switching banks. Nor did they analyze their service improvement to determine whether it would attract new customers by producing a new standard of service that would excite customers or by proving difficult for competitors to copy. The only merit of the improvement was that it could easily be described to customers. [br] The discussion of the regional bank in the second paragraph serves which of the following functions within the passage as a whole?
选项
A、It describes an exceptional case in which investment in service actually failed to produce a competitive advantage.
B、It illustrates the pitfalls of choosing to invest in service at a time when investment is needed more urgently in another area.
C、It demonstrates the kind of analysis that managers apply when they choose one kind of service investment over another.
D、It supports the argument that investments in certain aspects of service are more advantageous than investments in other aspects of service.
E、It provides an example of the point about investment in service made in the first paragraph.
答案
E
解析
Logical structure
This question requires thinking about what the second paragraph contributes to the whole passage. The first paragraph makes a generalization about investing in improvements in service; in certain conditions, such improvements do not result in the competitive advantage a company hopes for. The second paragraph offers the bank as an example of this generalization.
A The first sentence of the passage explains that improving service does not necessarily bring a competitive advantage, so the bank is not exceptional.
B The bank illustrates the pitfall of not evaluating a service improvement on the basis of tangible benefits; other areas of the bank are not mentioned.
C The passage does not discuss how managers analyze and choose different service investments.
D Investments in different aspects of service are not evaluated in the passage.
E Correct. The bank is an example of the position stated in the first paragraph that investing in improved service can be a waste if the investment is not evaluated carefully.
The correct answer is E.
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