Small and messed up, i was not able to get any points to write, please help. Thanks!!!
Argument:
The following appeared in the editorial section of a corporate newsletter:
"The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently published survey indicates that 79 percent of the nearly 1,200 workers who responded to survey questionnaires expressed a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs."
Analysis:
The argument states that workers want to get involved in corporate decisions. This was determined by the survey conducted in which majority of workers expressed interest in this. The argument is poorly reasoned, based on several questionable premises and assumptions, and based solely on the evidence offered; we cannot accept this argument as valid.
The primary issue in authors reasoning lies in his unsubstantiated premises. A survey is estimation and not a fact. The information acquired from survey cannot be accepted completely. It's not necessary that if workers are expressing interest in corporate decision, they should be involved. For eg: suppose a shoe manufacturing company decides to ask workers for their view on making or for any other such activity, it is not necessary for the company to accept completely what workers suggest. The arguments premises, the basis for it lack any legitimate evidentiary support and render the conclusion unacceptable.
In addition, the argument states several assumptions that remain unproven. Firstly, depending completely on the survey is invalid as surveys cannot provide factual information. Secondly, the workers have just expressed their interest that does not mean that they are completely interested to get involved in corporate decisions; they have just provided a view of what they feel. Thirdly, the common notion is assumed to be false depending on the survey, it may be possible that workers are not interested with management issues. The argument is weakened by failing to provide explication of links between information provided by survey and workers view in management issues which is assumed to exists.
In sum, the argument does not provide complete information about workers interest in management issues or corporate decisions and is just depending on the information provided by the survey. If the argument truly hopes to change readers mind on the issue, it would have to largely restructure, fix the flaws in logic, clearly explicate the assumption, and provide evidentiary support. Without these things the poorly reasoned argument will likely convince few people.
Argument:
The following appeared in the editorial section of a corporate newsletter:
"The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently published survey indicates that 79 percent of the nearly 1,200 workers who responded to survey questionnaires expressed a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs."
Analysis:
The argument states that workers want to get involved in corporate decisions. This was determined by the survey conducted in which majority of workers expressed interest in this. The argument is poorly reasoned, based on several questionable premises and assumptions, and based solely on the evidence offered; we cannot accept this argument as valid.
The primary issue in authors reasoning lies in his unsubstantiated premises. A survey is estimation and not a fact. The information acquired from survey cannot be accepted completely. It's not necessary that if workers are expressing interest in corporate decision, they should be involved. For eg: suppose a shoe manufacturing company decides to ask workers for their view on making or for any other such activity, it is not necessary for the company to accept completely what workers suggest. The arguments premises, the basis for it lack any legitimate evidentiary support and render the conclusion unacceptable.
In addition, the argument states several assumptions that remain unproven. Firstly, depending completely on the survey is invalid as surveys cannot provide factual information. Secondly, the workers have just expressed their interest that does not mean that they are completely interested to get involved in corporate decisions; they have just provided a view of what they feel. Thirdly, the common notion is assumed to be false depending on the survey, it may be possible that workers are not interested with management issues. The argument is weakened by failing to provide explication of links between information provided by survey and workers view in management issues which is assumed to exists.
In sum, the argument does not provide complete information about workers interest in management issues or corporate decisions and is just depending on the information provided by the survey. If the argument truly hopes to change readers mind on the issue, it would have to largely restructure, fix the flaws in logic, clearly explicate the assumption, and provide evidentiary support. Without these things the poorly reasoned argument will likely convince few people.
