Which of These Involves Comparing a Firm Against the Best

question 97

Multiple Choice

Which of these involves comparing a firm against the best firms in the industry on a wide variety of performance-related criteria?

• A) Restructuring
• B) Process redesign
• C) Reengineering
• D) Delayering
• E) Benchmarking

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