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Many corporations have started with a trend to hang motivational posters on their walls so as to keep their employees boosted. However employees are usually boosted and motivated by themselves due to the flaring incentives and promotions awaiting them so as to keep them motivated to increase their productivity. So these corporations' use of motivational posters is unlikely to achieve its intended purpose.

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument


A. fails to consider whether corporations that do not currently use motivational posters would increase their employees' motivation to work productively if they began using the posters

B. takes for granted that, with respect to their employees' motivation to work productively, corporations that decorate their halls with motivational posters are
representative of corporations in general

C. fails to consider that even if motivational posters do not have one particular beneficial effect for corporations, they may have similar effects that are equally
beneficial

D. does not adequately address the possibility that employee productivity is strongly affected by factors other than employees' motivation to work productively

E. fails to consider that even if employees are already motivated to work productively, motivational posters may increase that motivation



A. fails to consider whether corporations that do not currently use motivational posters would increase their employees' motivation to work productively if they began using the posters This could be either strengthner or weakner, if after conserdirations positive impact of posters is noted then its a weakner and hence the answer, if no impact is noted then its a strengthner and hence not the answer, So eliminate

B. takes for granted that, with respect to their employees' motivation to work productively, corporations that decorate their halls with motivational posters are
representative of corporations in general This has no bearing on argument

C. fails to consider that even if motivational posters do not have one particular beneficial effect for corporations, they may have similar effects that are equally
beneficial Yes the poster could have other beneficial effect could make the inside of the office seems pretty or can be used to cover up walls where digruntled employees wrote swore words etc, but the keyword in the argument conclusion is intended effects. Sure they can have other uses but still canot be produce intented results, hence this is out


D. does not adequately address the possibility that employee productivity is strongly affected by factors other than employees' motivation to work productively Argument never said that motivation is only factor, similar to C, keyword here is intended, hence eliminate this

E. fails to consider that even if employees are already motivated to work productively, motivational posters may increase that motivation This is spot on, argument nevers considered that motivation level can also increase, if E is the case then argument is weakened pretty seriosuly, Hence the answer
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