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Experts say that CR is generally a test of Lateral Thinking . But using Lateral thinking , we could justify more than 1 answer choice on the GMAT .
I have solved many OG CRs and i have noticed that many of them , generally the Assumption, Strengthen and Weaken questions, a lot of Lateral thinking has been used . The information given in the answer choices has been used along with outside information to affect the argument .
I am now confused whether i should stick to the information given in the answer choices or think laterally
The following CR is a case in point
Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an independent supplier a product or service that a company has previously provided for itself. Since a company's chief objective is to realize the highest possible year-end profits,any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less than it would cost the ompany to provide the product or service on its own should be outsourced. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally exploit the vigorous competition arising among several firms that are interested in supplying that product.
(B) Successful outsourcing requires a company to provide its suppliers with information about its products and plans that can fall into the hands of its competitors and give them a business advantage.
(C) Certain tasks, such as processing a company's payroll, are commonly outsourced, whereas others, such as handling the company's core business, are not.
(D) For a company to provide a product or service for itself as efficiently as an independent supplier can provide it, the managers involved need to be as expert in the area of that product or service as the people in charge of that product or service at an independent supplier are.
(E) When a company decides to sue an independent supplier for a product or service, the independent supplier sometimes hires members of the company's staff who formerly made the product or provided the service that the independent supplier now supplies.
Another CR @
https://www.beatthegmat.com/gortland-rep ... tml#393864
I have solved many OG CRs and i have noticed that many of them , generally the Assumption, Strengthen and Weaken questions, a lot of Lateral thinking has been used . The information given in the answer choices has been used along with outside information to affect the argument .
I am now confused whether i should stick to the information given in the answer choices or think laterally
The following CR is a case in point
Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an independent supplier a product or service that a company has previously provided for itself. Since a company's chief objective is to realize the highest possible year-end profits,any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less than it would cost the ompany to provide the product or service on its own should be outsourced. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally exploit the vigorous competition arising among several firms that are interested in supplying that product.
(B) Successful outsourcing requires a company to provide its suppliers with information about its products and plans that can fall into the hands of its competitors and give them a business advantage.
(C) Certain tasks, such as processing a company's payroll, are commonly outsourced, whereas others, such as handling the company's core business, are not.
(D) For a company to provide a product or service for itself as efficiently as an independent supplier can provide it, the managers involved need to be as expert in the area of that product or service as the people in charge of that product or service at an independent supplier are.
(E) When a company decides to sue an independent supplier for a product or service, the independent supplier sometimes hires members of the company's staff who formerly made the product or provided the service that the independent supplier now supplies.
Another CR @
https://www.beatthegmat.com/gortland-rep ... tml#393864
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