Which of the Following Is Not One of the Traits

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not one of the traits of the capability-building process?

• A) Core competencies or capabilities are usually the product of astute company efforts to hire and train talented employees.
• B) Normally, core competencies and competitive capabilities emerge incrementally as a company acts to bolster skills that contributed to earlier successes.
• C) Core competencies or capabilities are most often bundles of skills and know-how that grow out of the combined efforts of cross-functional work groups and departments that perform complementary activities at several places in the firm's value chain.
• D) The key to leveraging a core competence into a distinctive competence (or transforming a capability into a competitively superior capability) is concentrating more effort and talent than rivals on strengthening the competence or capability to achieve competitive advantage.
• E) Evolving changes in customer needs and competitive conditions often require tweaking and adjusting a company's portfolio of competencies and intellectual capital to keep its capabilities freshly honed and on the cutting edge.

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