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Question:

The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentences is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

Having a strategy is a matter of discipline.
It involves the configuration of a tailored value chain that enables a company to offer unique value.
It requires a strong focus on profitability and a willingness to make tough trade-offs in choosing what not to do.
Strategy goes far beyond the pursuit of best practices.
A company must stay the course even during times of upheaval, while constantly improving and extending its distinctive positioning.
When a company's activities fit together as a self-reinforcing system, any competitor wishing to imitate a strategy must replicate the whole system.

Explanation:

AC is a pair. Sentence A mentions discipline and C elaborates it by telling what kind of discipline. E furthers the idea of discipline given in A and C. Hence, ACE. That itself helps us to eliminate options 2, 3 and 4.
Similarly, DB is a pair. Sentence D says that strategy goes far beyond best practices and B explains sentence D as in what sentence D wants to say.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

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