Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness : Critical Reasoning (CR)

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01 Sep 2018, 20:41

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B VS C

They're very similar ideas: the company is going to develop problems in the future unless we change things now, and the point that if we don't do this, it's irresponsible.

But the manager isn't just making the first point. The manager's point in making this whole argument is that if we DON'T do this, it's actually irresponsible. (See the whole last half where he talks about the reckless financial planner as an analogy.) If he just wanted to make the point in the first sentence, he wouldn't have gone into all of the detail about what reckless behavior is.

This supports (B)

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

15 May 2018, 11:31

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Safe Conclusion is B. Option C goes too extreme.

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15 May 2018, 12:21

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Hard choice between B and C. I would go with C, because the term "long time" is quite flexible. "Develop significant weaknesses" is already mentioned in the statement and reflects the overall conclusion accurately.

(B) It would be irresponsible to postpone changes to the vendor contracts just because the supply chain will not develop weaknesses for a long time.
(C) lf no changes are made to the vendor contracts, the supply chain will eventually develop significant weaknesses.

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

16 May 2018, 07:30

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pkshankar wrote:

This is a main point question. The correct answer will be the one which the author is trying to convince you with.
The only debatable answer are 'B' and 'C'. The conclusion of the argument is 'But this is an irresponsible approach', now what is an irresponsible approach, the act of delaying. The author lays emphasis on this point by citing an example.
Even though option C is factually correct IMHO, but is not the main point.

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I second you for the explanation, answer must be (B)...

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

25 May 2020, 23:39

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Akela wrote:

Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weaknesses unless we make changes to our vendor contracts now. Some will argue that this problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it today. But that is an irresponsible approach. Just imagine if a financial planner offered the same counsel to a 30-year-old client: "Don't worry, Jane, retirement is 35 years away; you don't need to save anything now." That planner would be guilty of gross malpractice.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the manager's argument?

(A) Some people argue that the supply-chain problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it now.
(B) It would be irresponsible to postpone changes to the vendor contracts just because the supply chain will not develop weaknesses for a long time.
(C) lf no changes are made to the vendor contracts, the supply chain will eventually develop significant weaknesses.
(D) In planning to meet its future obligations, a company should follow the same practices that are approptiate for an individual who is planning for retirement.
(E) Financial planners should advise their clients to save money for retirement only if retirement is many years away.

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Clever question
Between B and C , we have to be careful with the words in both B and C.
Argument is talking about postponement of changes.
B also talks about postponement of changes in vendor contract , but C is talking about "NO CHANGES in vendor contract"
this difference in wording changes our Answer choice , CORRECT Answer is B

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

06 Aug 2022, 10:45

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akela wrote:

Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weaknesses unless we make changes to our vendor contracts now. Some will argue that this problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it today. But that is an irresponsible approach. Just imagine if a financial planner offered the same counsel to a 30-year-old client: "Don't worry, Jane, retirement is 35 years away; you don't need to save anything now." That planner would be guilty of gross malpractice.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the manager's argument?

(A) Some people argue that the supply-chain problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it now.
(B) It would be irresponsible to postpone changes to the vendor contracts just because the supply chain will not develop weaknesses for a long time.
(C) lf no changes are made to the vendor contracts, the supply chain will eventually develop significant weaknesses.
(D) In planning to meet its future obligations, a company should follow the same practices that are approptiate for an individual who is planning for retirement.
(E) Financial planners should advise their clients to save money for retirement only if retirement is many years away.

Source: LSAT

B and C are contenders.
C just does the typical LSAT/GMAT's trick - reversal.

Is A ----> B similar to Not B ----> Not A ??
Not necessarily.

Choosing C suggests one took only one point of view into consideration wherein there's also a possibility on the opposite side.
Yes, "long time" did look weird and odd, but isn't 35 years a long time.

Answer B.

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

23 May 2020, 18:45

daagh @GmatNinjas- Can you please clarify? I feel that since C is just a restatement from the passage, it can't be the conclusion since a conclusion has to implicit and not explicit, therefore C can't be the answer.

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

25 May 2020, 11:32

gauri123456 wrote:

daagh @GmatNinjas- Can you please clarify? I feel that since C is just a restatement from the passage, it can't be the conclusion since a conclusion has to implicit and not explicit, therefore C can't be the answer.

Hi Gauri

Let me try to address your query.

A stimulus in a Critical Reasoning question (typically one that is assumption based) consists of two parts:

a) Premises or facts that are presented. These may be one or more in number.
b) A conclusion that is derived from the given premises. This is always exactly one.

In other words, the reasons for drawing the conclusion are the premises. The above two are always explicitly mentioned in the stimulus and are never to be questioned. There are other facets which link the premises to the conclusions - these are called assumptions. These are never mentioned in the stimulus and are to be logically deduced.

Depending on the question, you may also be required to find an inference from the facts given in the stimulus. An inference is also never mentioned explicitly in the passage.

Hope this helps to clarify.

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

25 May 2020, 20:51

Can someone explain the reasoning to eliminate choice D?

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

22 Jul 2022, 06:18

harsh61998 wrote:

Can someone explain the reasoning to eliminate choice D?

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I chose B but couldn't understand why to eliminate D.
Just because "B" was more specific in a sense than "D" was my reason to choose "B".

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

22 Jul 2022, 08:34

I didn't choose option B because of inclusion of phrase "long time". In the stem, no where the time period have been mentioned for beginning the weakness.

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Re: Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weakness [#permalink]

15 Dec 2022, 23:32

Why B is preferred over C? Some experts please guide me here.

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