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“A year ago Apex Manufacturing bought its managers computers for their homes and paid for telephone connections so that they could access Apex computers and data files from home after normal business hours. Since last year, productivity at Apex has increased by 15 percent. Other companies can learn from the success at Apex: given home computers and access to company resources, employees will work additional hours at home and thereby increase company profits.”
In the argument above, the author claims that productivity at Apex Manufacturing Company has grown by a margin of 15% because the company has provided a working set up at homes of its managers for them carry on with their respective jobs from homes even after office hours. In view of this, the author predicates that other companies should take a cue from Apex as profits will increase if the company provides home computers to its employees for them to work beyond office hours. The conclusion seems quite a stretch as the above argument falls short of rendering proper justifications behind the conclusion.
To begin with, the author readily assumes that the productivity of the company has increased only because the managers are adding their efforts for longer hours. However, he fails to consider that growth in production of the manufacturing division is one of the leading contributors to the improvement of profits for any company. Even if the managers worked for longer hours, the functionality of other departments requires being equally smooth and productive for the overall growth of the profits. Clearly, the argument would have been more logical, if all the relevant parameters contributing to the profit margin should have been explicitly mentioned.
Secondly, the company needs to invest a hefty amount to provide home computers and other company resources to every employee. Moreover, it will be difficult to keep a track whether those equipment are used only for work related to office or misused for personal gains. Then again, at the present age of laptops, cell phones and other mobile gadgets, using company resources to provide home computers seems an absolute waste of capital which can be utilized in other segments of the business.
Furthermore, job satisfaction for the employees is one of the most important parameters for the growth of any organization. When the work load is more, employees willingly will give extra efforts to handle the work pressure, even working additional hours from home. Hence, having access to company resources will benefit them to a certain extent. But that arrangement cannot be stretched on a continuous basis as the long hours will take a toll on their health as well as their family life. Performance along with long term profits might get affected. Thus it is quite apparent that not a lot factors have been taken into account while reaching the conclusion in the argument.
To summarize, the author fails to generate a comprehensible argument as the correlation between the premise and the conclusion has not been properly evaluated. To strengthen the same, all the factors leading to the development in productivity of Apex Manufacturing Company should have been checked and mentioned in greater details. Moreover, the reason for enhanced growth for one company might not apply for others who conduct business in different segments. The above points need to be considered before making the argument sound and coherent to the readers.
In the argument above, the author claims that productivity at Apex Manufacturing Company has grown by a margin of 15% because the company has provided a working set up at homes of its managers for them carry on with their respective jobs from homes even after office hours. In view of this, the author predicates that other companies should take a cue from Apex as profits will increase if the company provides home computers to its employees for them to work beyond office hours. The conclusion seems quite a stretch as the above argument falls short of rendering proper justifications behind the conclusion.
To begin with, the author readily assumes that the productivity of the company has increased only because the managers are adding their efforts for longer hours. However, he fails to consider that growth in production of the manufacturing division is one of the leading contributors to the improvement of profits for any company. Even if the managers worked for longer hours, the functionality of other departments requires being equally smooth and productive for the overall growth of the profits. Clearly, the argument would have been more logical, if all the relevant parameters contributing to the profit margin should have been explicitly mentioned.
Secondly, the company needs to invest a hefty amount to provide home computers and other company resources to every employee. Moreover, it will be difficult to keep a track whether those equipment are used only for work related to office or misused for personal gains. Then again, at the present age of laptops, cell phones and other mobile gadgets, using company resources to provide home computers seems an absolute waste of capital which can be utilized in other segments of the business.
Furthermore, job satisfaction for the employees is one of the most important parameters for the growth of any organization. When the work load is more, employees willingly will give extra efforts to handle the work pressure, even working additional hours from home. Hence, having access to company resources will benefit them to a certain extent. But that arrangement cannot be stretched on a continuous basis as the long hours will take a toll on their health as well as their family life. Performance along with long term profits might get affected. Thus it is quite apparent that not a lot factors have been taken into account while reaching the conclusion in the argument.
To summarize, the author fails to generate a comprehensible argument as the correlation between the premise and the conclusion has not been properly evaluated. To strengthen the same, all the factors leading to the development in productivity of Apex Manufacturing Company should have been checked and mentioned in greater details. Moreover, the reason for enhanced growth for one company might not apply for others who conduct business in different segments. The above points need to be considered before making the argument sound and coherent to the readers.
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