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chief executive officers

by beater » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:22 am
In a recent poll of chief executive officers (CEOs) of 125 major corporations, the overwhelming majority claimed that employee training and welfare is of the same high priority as customer satisfaction. So the popular belief that the top management of large corporations behaves indifferently to the needs and aspirations of employees is unfounded

The argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it

A) fails to define adequately the term "top management"
B) presumes, without giving justification, that one is not indifferent to something that one considers a top priority
C) presumes, without giving justification, that the CEO's priorities tend to be misplaced
D) presumes, without giving justification, that the CEO's claims are reflected in actual practice
E) makes a generalization based on an unrepresentative sample
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by bmlaud » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:45 am
I go with B

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by beater » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:59 am
What is your reasoning?

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by jeevan.Gk » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:53 am
I think its D.

Reasoning : there is no justification for the conclusion of the argument

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by mjjking » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:56 am
go with D as well!
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by pandeyvineet24 » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:59 pm
B for me as well.

Conclusion :popular belief that the top management of large corporations behaves indifferently to the needs and aspirations of employees is unfounded

Argument assumes that CEO's do what they believe is top priority (employee training and welfare is of the very high priority).

Only B says that even though CEO's think that employee training & Welfare is top priority but the CEO's are indifferent to such priorities.

D is out of scope i think as there is no point in the argument to say whether CEO's work on the top priorities or not.

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by jeevan.Gk » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:09 am
pls make it a habit to post oa'a .. otherwise it doesnt make sense. pls

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by beater » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:45 am
OA - D.

Apologize for the delay in posting the answer.

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by navami » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:36 am
What is the difference between B and D. Both the options talk the same.
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by HSPA » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:57 pm
B strengthens the claim in the para by saying every other CEO has the same idea to support its staff.

D critizie that even though all CEO claim the same idea many of them will not implement it practically. it says that they are saying 'just words'

navami wrote:What is the difference between B and D. Both the options talk the same.
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