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Production manager: Our warehouses have a total of 5,000 employees working to ensure daily on-time package delivery based out of 200 facilities nationwide. Of these 5,000 employees, approximately 5 percent are absent on any given workday. Even with these regular absences, our on-time delivery rates are better than ever. Therefore, we should be able to lower staffing by 250 employees and experience no decrease in service.
The production manager’s argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which of these grounds?
A. He confuses the definitions of absent and unemployed.
B. He fails to justify an assumed change in absenteeism.
C. He takes for granted that every employee’s level of service is identical.
D. He overlooks the fact that some absences are more justified than are others.
E. He ignores the possibility that absences may be unevenly distributed at the company.
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Production manager: Our warehouses have a total of 5,000 employees working to ensure daily on-time package delivery based out of 200 facilities nationwide. Of these 5,000 employees, approximately 5 percent are absent on any given workday. Even with these regular absences, our on-time delivery rates are better than ever. Therefore, we should be able to lower staffing by 250 employees and experience no decrease in service.
The production manager’s argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which of these grounds?
A. He confuses the definitions of absent and unemployed.
B. He fails to justify an assumed change in absenteeism.
C. He takes for granted that every employee’s level of service is identical.
D. He overlooks the fact that some absences are more justified than are others.
E. He ignores the possibility that absences may be unevenly distributed at the company.
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Choice A: No. The term unemployed is not an issue in the argument.
Choice B: Yes. The argument assumes that upon releasing 250 employees that there will be no further absences that could negatively impact service levels.
Choice C: No. The argument does not assume that every employee’s level of service is identical.
Choice D: No. That some absences are more justified than others has no impact on the validity of the conclusion.
Choice E: No. That absences may be unevenly distributed at the company has no impact on the validity of the conclusion.
The correct answer is choice B.
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Production manager: Our warehouses have a total of 5,000 employees working to ensure daily on-time package delivery based out of 200 facilities nationwide. Of these 5,000 employees, approximately 5 percent are absent on any given workday. Even with these regular absences, our on-time delivery rates are better than ever. Therefore, we should be able to lower staffing by 250 employees and experience no decrease in service.
Let's untangle the stimulus. The manager says that even with 250 people absent, their deliveries work perfectly. Therefore, he can easily let go of "these" 250 people.
Of course, the mistake is obvious - it's not as simple as that, because those absences due to personal or medical reasons will probably continue, even if some staff is dismissed, because humans are still humans.
Let's see which option says anything about it.
As a result, the only suitable option is B, which is the correct answer.
Let's untangle the stimulus. The manager says that even with 250 people absent, their deliveries work perfectly. Therefore, he can easily let go of "these" 250 people.
Of course, the mistake is obvious - it's not as simple as that, because those absences due to personal or medical reasons will probably continue, even if some staff is dismissed, because humans are still humans.
Let's see which option says anything about it.
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This he does, of course, but not in confusion - deliberatly. So this is wrong.
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Exactly what we are lookng for! The fact that he dismisses people doesn't guarantee that those who are left will never be absent.
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Well, he does it both with absenteeism and firing, so it's not exactly applicable. It doesn't hinder the conclusion, it generally illustrates the flaw in reasoning.
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This is generally irrelevant for the discussion.
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Once again, he applies this to both absent and fired people. So, within the scope of the argument, it's not particularly worsening the conclusion - but the whole line of reasoning. Also, we have no info how the dismissals will be distributed.
As a result, the only suitable option is B, which is the correct answer.
