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Certain companies require their managers to rank workers in the groups they supervise from best to worst, giving each worker a unique ranking based on job performance. The top 10 percent of the workers in each group are rewarded and the bottom 10 percent are penalized or fired. But this system is unfair to workers. Good workers could receive low rankings merely because they belong to groups of exceptionally good workers. Furthermore, managers often give the highest rankings to workers who share the manager’s interests outside of work.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in the argument?
(A) Some companies require their managers to give unique rankings to the workers they supervise.
(B) Under the ranking system, the top 10 percent of the workers in each group are rewarded and the bottom 10 percent are penalized or fired.
(C) The ranking system is not a fair way to determine penalties or rewards for workers.
(D) Workers in exceptionally strong work groups are unfairly penalized under the ranking system.
(E) Managers often give the highest rankings to workers who share the manager’s outside interests.
Hi
BrightOutlookJenn
As we need to find out the conclusion of the the argument. I shortlisted C and D.
When I asked question : what is the key point , to myself before looking at the answer choices, I replied: workers in strong groups are fired unfairly. ( then i asked a quesiton: What about in general? My answer was: Other things seem normal, toppers get rewards, middle ones are fine too.Only issue with workers who get low ranking in strong groups)
To finalize answers, I want to make sure all the information is given in the argument
(C) The ranking system is
not a fair way to determine penalties or rewards for
workers.I rejected C because ranking system is not fair only for some workers ( only for good workers in strong groups) so I didn't want to step out of information that is given in the argument.
secondly rewards is not mentioned in argument.
(D) Workers in exceptionally strong work groups are unfairly penalized under the ranking system.
This statement matched my pre-thinking. Here it mentions only about certain workers. Even al words match in the argument
Finally I choose D.
But I was wrong. So I am trying to understand what was wrong in my process to reach at D but not C
Your comments would be fruitful.
Thanks!
BrightOutlookJenn
( Sorry if you any in-convenience due to tag)