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Company president: Grievance procedures should allow the grievant and the respondent to select a mediator who will attempt to work out a resolution. Grievances are costly and mediation could help to resolve many of them. However, beginning mediation fairly late in the process, as our human resources department proposes, wouldbe relatively ineffective. 
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to justify the company president’s criticism of the human resources department’s proposal?

(A) People who file grievances are unreasonable and would resist listening to a mediator.
(B) Many disagreements are already being solved without the intervention of a mediator.
(C) Adversaries’ positions tend to harden as a dispute wears on, making compromise less likely.
(D) Respondents tend to be supervisors who cannot give in to employees without losing authority.
(E) The mediation process itself is likely to cost as much in time and money as the present grievance procedures.

subrataroy0210 · Answer

An option that presents the idea that with time the chance of resolution gets feeble should be the possible answer to the problem.

(A) People who file grievances are unreasonable and would resist listening to a mediator.  If this were the case, no matter when the mediator is introduced, it won't yield any result. Incorrect.

(B) Many disagreements are already being solved without the intervention of a mediator.  This doesn't qualify the company President's criticism of the HR department's proposal. In fact, this option brings in the context that many disagreements are solved without the intervention of the mediator. Incorrect.

(C) Adversaries’ positions tend to harden as a dispute wears on, making compromise less likely.  With time the chance of agreement becomes far less likely. This option criticizes the recommendation of the HR department to introduce the mediator at a later stage.

(D) Respondents tend to be supervisors who cannot give in to employees without losing authority.  The position of the respondent is not the context of the question but when the mediator should be introduced in the timeline of the dispute is.

(E) The mediation process itself is likely to cost as much in time and money as the present grievance procedures.  This is out of context. The point we must focus on is when the mediator is introduced in the timeline of dispute and not on how does the cost of the entire process of mediation compares with the cost of the existing process.

Thus, option C.

askul2389 · Answer

Option C is the correct answer. Great explanation @subrataroy0210

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chesstitans · Answer

this is a LSAT question, so the argument structure itself is quite complex.
Even though the question concerns with an issue in business, the question is still quite far from a normal gmat question. 
Only A and C makes sense here, but the logic in C is still hard to comprehend.
I do not think this question is good for practicing.

gmatexam439 · Answer

Company president: Grievance procedures should allow the grievant and the respondent to select a mediator who will attempt to work out a resolution. Grievances are costly and mediation could help to resolve many of them. However, beginning mediation fairly late in the process, as our human resources department proposes, wouldbe relatively ineffective. 
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to justify the company president’s criticism of the human resources department’s proposal?

(A) People who file grievances are unreasonable and would resist listening to a mediator. - weakener  
(B) Many disagreements are already being solved without the intervention of a mediator. - weakener 
(C) Adversaries’ positions tend to harden as a dispute wears on, making compromise less likely. - Correct 
(D) Respondents tend to be supervisors who cannot give in to employees without losing authority. - out of scope 
(E) The mediation process itself is likely to cost as much in time and money as the present grievance procedures. - out of scope

unraveled · Answer

Company president: Grievance procedures should allow the grievant and the respondent to select a mediator who will attempt to work out a resolution. Grievances are costly and mediation could help to resolve many of them. However, beginning mediation fairly late in the process, as our human resources department proposes, wouldbe relatively ineffective. 
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to justify the company president’s criticism of the human resources department’s proposal?

(A) People who file grievances are  unreasonable and would resist listening to a mediator . - WRONG. Weakens overall argument. 
(B) Many disagreements are already being  solved without the intervention of a mediator . - WRONG. Weakens the overall argument itself. Like A only.
(C) Adversaries’ positions tend to harden  as a dispute wears on, making compromise less likely . - CORRECT. If late then mediation also remains most likely ineffective.
(D) Respondents tend to be  supervisors who cannot give in to employees  without losing authority. - WRONG. Irrelevant. Mediation aspect not touched at all.
(E) The mediation process itself is likely to  cost  as much in time and money as the present grievance procedures. - WRONG. Cost is out of scope.

Answer C.

VasundharaS · Answer

Arg: Mediator for grevance redressals given the more time it takes (what HR suggests), the more ineffective it is
A - President wants a mediator, this is opp - OUT
B - Same as A - OUT
C - Along the lines of what prez mentions - KEEP
D - and maybe a mediator would help in this case? - KEEP
E - Same $ - weakens - OUT

While C sort of restates, D doesn't really justify as to why a mediator would benefit
For C - neither are we saying that we want compromise and for D - would a president want the respondants to give in? No

C looks like the better of the two despite the restatement - please correct me if i am wrong

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