The following appeared in a memorandum from the human resources department of Diversified Manufacturing:
"Managers at our central office report that their employees tend to be most productive in the days immediately preceding a vacation. To help counteract our declining market share, we could increase the productivity of our professional staff members, who currently receive four weeks paid vacation a year, by limiting them to a maximum of one week's continuous vacation time. They will thus take more vacation breaks during a year and give us more days of maximum productivity."
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion, be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion. (used with permission from mba.com)
The argument states that by limiting their employees to a maximum of one week's continuous vacation time than a four weeks paid vacation a year, the Company is expecting an increase in its professional staff members productivity. And thus it can expect an increase in the market share, which is right now declining. The fundamental logic of the argument itself is parodying. As it mention in the beginning of the argument that managers at its central office report that its employees tend to be more productive in the days immediately preceding a vacation. And if it plan gets implemented the basic expectation in the increase in the productivity would get infected.
To begin with, though the company spotted its problem of the decline in the market share, it failed to provide the consequences for the decline and it linked the problem with the employees productivity. And conclude to limit its employees vacation to a maximum of one week's continuous vacation. The decline in the market share may be due to some other consequences such as, increase in competition, customer dissatisfaction, poor budgeting, natural calamities and more.
In addition to that, by limiting its employees vacation time, the employees most productive days may limited to one time. And it may lead the company to further decline in the market shares. As per the report of the managers at the central office, they have stated that the employees were tend to be more productive in the days preceding a vacation. It is clear that the employees were more productive before the days of the vacation, means that as per the current procedure they are providing more productivity since they are having a four weeks paid vacation. So the before each vacation they are providing more productivity.
If the author, wants to persuade the argument, he should provide proper evidence to prove that the decline in the market share is due to the low productivity of the employees and the low productivity is due to the current four weeks vacation time a year. For the reasons stated above the argument is flaw
"Managers at our central office report that their employees tend to be most productive in the days immediately preceding a vacation. To help counteract our declining market share, we could increase the productivity of our professional staff members, who currently receive four weeks paid vacation a year, by limiting them to a maximum of one week's continuous vacation time. They will thus take more vacation breaks during a year and give us more days of maximum productivity."
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion, be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion. (used with permission from mba.com)
The argument states that by limiting their employees to a maximum of one week's continuous vacation time than a four weeks paid vacation a year, the Company is expecting an increase in its professional staff members productivity. And thus it can expect an increase in the market share, which is right now declining. The fundamental logic of the argument itself is parodying. As it mention in the beginning of the argument that managers at its central office report that its employees tend to be more productive in the days immediately preceding a vacation. And if it plan gets implemented the basic expectation in the increase in the productivity would get infected.
To begin with, though the company spotted its problem of the decline in the market share, it failed to provide the consequences for the decline and it linked the problem with the employees productivity. And conclude to limit its employees vacation to a maximum of one week's continuous vacation. The decline in the market share may be due to some other consequences such as, increase in competition, customer dissatisfaction, poor budgeting, natural calamities and more.
In addition to that, by limiting its employees vacation time, the employees most productive days may limited to one time. And it may lead the company to further decline in the market shares. As per the report of the managers at the central office, they have stated that the employees were tend to be more productive in the days preceding a vacation. It is clear that the employees were more productive before the days of the vacation, means that as per the current procedure they are providing more productivity since they are having a four weeks paid vacation. So the before each vacation they are providing more productivity.
If the author, wants to persuade the argument, he should provide proper evidence to prove that the decline in the market share is due to the low productivity of the employees and the low productivity is due to the current four weeks vacation time a year. For the reasons stated above the argument is flaw
