A company is considering a change in its policy concerning its employe

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A company is considering a change in its policy concerning its employees' ability to work from home. Currently, this company does not allow employees to work from home. The proposed policy would allow each employee to choose one day a week when he or she could work from home for the entire day.

The adoption of this policy would be most likely to increase the company's productivity if the employees' job functions required them to

A. Present the results of research and analysis once a week to an audience consisting of all company employees

B. Consult on a weekly basis with employees from other companies

C. Obtain a supervisor's approval before beginning a new project

D. Conduct field research at least once a week in locations that are closer to employees' homes than to their office

E. Attend a weekly meeting at which product prototypes are examined, tested. and assessed

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cdrectenwald · Answer

Imo I believe it is option D as choosing to work from home on days where field research needs to be conducted that is also close to the employees home, the employee will save time thus increase productivity

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Drwazzz · Answer

D 
By take WFH on that day, he can save loads of time

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VivekSri · Answer

I will go with Option D as they can be more productive if their job involves conducting field research at least once a week in locations that are closer to employees' homes than to their office, it will save their time in commute.

Bunuel · Answer

VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

Correct Answer: D

Solution: D. In this situation question, the goal of the policy (which is analogous to the conclusion of an argument) can be found in the question stem instead of in the stimulus. The goal is to increase productivity; the way to achieve that goal, it is suggested, is by giving employees the freedom to work at home. Look for an additional premise that supports that goal. Choice D would help make employees more productive because they would spend less time in transit between the office and the research sites. Choices A and E would be difficult to achieve if employees can choose the day they want to work from home and they choose different days. Choice B is out of scope. There is no information about how this external consultation would be affected by working at home. Similarly, choice C does not stipulate how a supervisor's approval can be obtained and whether it would be harder to obtain while working at home.

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