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13 Jul 2018, 04:23
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''The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently published survey indicates that 79 percent of the nearly 1200 workers who responded to survey questionnaires expressed a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs''
Discuss how well reasoned...etc,
The argument that the common notion that workers are apathetic to the management issues is false or outdated omits some important concerns that need to be addressed to substantiate its claim. The statement simply suggests its conclusion and provides the evidence as a survey, but it fails to describe how the survey is conducted and further fails to inform us about the background of workers taking part.
Most remarkably, the argument neglects the fact that there are more aspects in management than topics that are relevant to employees’ benefits. High level of interest in corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs is obvious because they generally heed attention from workers who care about their salary and welfare. There are a lot of other management issues that are critical to the company but ignored by workers, for example, restructuring of board of directors or future investment of the company. It would be wrong to assume that workers are interested in management by issues claimed by the argument.
Secondly, workers who responded to the survey might already be in a managing position. For this reason, they are usually keen to learn about management issues. Most of the workers, however, are probably in the lowest level of organisation. Consequently, there is no reason for them to concern themselves with issues more suited to managers.
Thirdly, the total number of workers in the company is unknown. Therefore, we do not know how many percentage of the entire company or workforce that 1200 workers represent. These workers who took part in the survey might be the small proportion of one company and thereby certainly do not represent the entire workforce. Moreover, if they are from the same company, the survey should be taken cautiously as that company might be good at encouraging workers to become interested in management.
In conclusion, the argument leaves several key reasons, it is therefore not sound and persuasive. If the argument includes all the items discussed above instead of solely states an evidence above, it would have been more thorough and convincing.
Discuss how well reasoned...etc,
The argument that the common notion that workers are apathetic to the management issues is false or outdated omits some important concerns that need to be addressed to substantiate its claim. The statement simply suggests its conclusion and provides the evidence as a survey, but it fails to describe how the survey is conducted and further fails to inform us about the background of workers taking part.
Most remarkably, the argument neglects the fact that there are more aspects in management than topics that are relevant to employees’ benefits. High level of interest in corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs is obvious because they generally heed attention from workers who care about their salary and welfare. There are a lot of other management issues that are critical to the company but ignored by workers, for example, restructuring of board of directors or future investment of the company. It would be wrong to assume that workers are interested in management by issues claimed by the argument.
Secondly, workers who responded to the survey might already be in a managing position. For this reason, they are usually keen to learn about management issues. Most of the workers, however, are probably in the lowest level of organisation. Consequently, there is no reason for them to concern themselves with issues more suited to managers.
Thirdly, the total number of workers in the company is unknown. Therefore, we do not know how many percentage of the entire company or workforce that 1200 workers represent. These workers who took part in the survey might be the small proportion of one company and thereby certainly do not represent the entire workforce. Moreover, if they are from the same company, the survey should be taken cautiously as that company might be good at encouraging workers to become interested in management.
In conclusion, the argument leaves several key reasons, it is therefore not sound and persuasive. If the argument includes all the items discussed above instead of solely states an evidence above, it would have been more thorough and convincing.
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