Delayering, in business, is the process of removing those

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Delayering, in business, is the process of removing those levels of management that are seen to be unnecessary. Because delayering can improve the
speed at which decisions are made, and because a business must be run as efficiently as possible in order to make profit, it would be wise for any organization to
implement delayering.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens
the argument above?

A. Once a layer of management is removed, the
remaining tasks are usually assigned to other
managers, increasing their workload.

B. Delayering can help to improve client relations since
there are fewer middlemen between the client-and
top levels of management.

c. On Its own, delayering does not usually result in an
increase in profits; it must be accompanied by tactics
designed to increase employee Involvement.

D. In some Industries, delayering is more likely to
result in decreased employee motivation,
causing permanent delays in the production
schedule.

E. After delayering is implemented, additional
personnel must be hired for the short-term to review
and monitor performance.

pqhai · Accepted Answer

Premise 1: Delayering is the process of removing those levels of management that are seen to be unnecessary. 
Premise 2: delayering can improve the speed at which decisions are made, 
Premise 3: a business must be run as efficiently as possible in order to make profit
Conclusion: it would be wise for   any   organization to implement delayering.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?

A. Once a layer of management is removed, the remaining tasks are usually assigned to other managers, increasing their workload.
 Tempting but wrong.  Even though a manager's workload increases, total time to make a final decision after delayering may be less than that before delayering. i.e, before delayering, there were 2 managers, each spend 2 days to make a decision --> time to make a decision = 4 days. After delayering, there is only 1 manager, even though the manager's time to make a final decision increases from 2 to 3 days, total time is still less than 4 days.

B. Delayering can help to improve  client relations  since there are fewer middlemen between the client-and top levels of management.
 Wrong.  Out of scope.

c. On Its own, delayering does not usually result in an increase in profits; it must be  accompanied by tactics  designed to increase employee Involvement.
 Wrong.  Out of scope.

D. In   some   Industries, delayering is more likely to result in decreased employee motivation, causing permanent delays in the production schedule.
  Correct.   The argument says  ANY  organizations should apply delayering, but D shows that it's not good for  SOME  industries. D weakens the argument.

E. After delayering is implemented, additional personnel must be hired for the short-term to review and monitor performance.
 Tempting but wrong.  Same error as in A. Even though additional personnel must be hired, the total time to make final decisions after delayering may be less that before delayering.

Hope it helps.

earnit · Answer

Given the above is justified. Isn;t the passage also implying that Delayering will eventually lead to profits for an organization via speedy decisions and improved efficiency so if an arguments states that profits is not a result of delayering, it must weaken the conclusion as well ?

pqhai · Answer

I don't think so.

The logic is: A --> B

Apply delayering --> increase profit (by increasing work speed)

To weaken, you need to show that A may not lead to B.

If you only show that C also lead to A, you cannot weaken the conclusion because it's possible that both A and C may lead to B.

If the conclusion says  ONLY  A lead B, your logic is ok.

Hope it helps.

sobby · Answer

Here the catch is word "ANY" .I was torn between the two choices just because i missed that .
D is correct here .

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