Monthly employee evaluations are an excellent tool for managers.

Question

Monthly employee evaluations are an excellent tool for managers. With them, employees that are not productive can be removed from the company, and efficient workers rewarded, and all within the space of a month.

The argument above logically depends on which of the following assumptions?

A Workers do not in turn complete evaluations of the management of the company.
B Unproductive employees often refuse to co-operate with the managers doing the evaluations, because they see these evaluations as a violation of their privacy.
C Most studies indicate that employee evaluations have no bearing whatsoever on worker satisfaction.
D Evaluations can identify with some accuracy whether an employee is productive or not.
E Employee evaluations are a better source of information about employee grievances than are monthly staff meetings.

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cdrectenwald · Answer

The argument claims that monthly employee evaluations are an effective tool for managers because they allow them to remove unproductive employees and reward efficient ones within a month. For this reasoning to hold, an important assumption is that these evaluations can accurately determine which employees are productive and which are not.

If evaluations were inaccurate, then the entire argument would fall apart since firing and rewarding decisions would be based on unreliable information.

Thus, the correct answer is:

(D) Evaluations can identify with some accuracy whether an employee is productive or not.

Whoisdmx15 · Answer

A Workers do not in turn complete evaluations of the management of the company.  Eliminated  This assumption does not have any bearing on productivity of employees.
B Unproductive employees often refuse to co-operate with the managers doing the evaluations, because they see these evaluations as a violation of their privacy.  Eliminated  This assumption would invalidate the conclusion itself that monthly assessments are an effective tool.
C Most studies indicate that employee evaluations have no bearing whatsoever on worker satisfaction.  Eliminated  This assumption does not have any bearing on productivity of employees.
D Evaluations can identify with some accuracy whether an employee is productive or not.  Suitable  As an effective evaluation tool has been define as the one able to better identify unproductive employees. This assumption strengthens the conclusion.
E Employee evaluations are a better source of information about employee grievances than are monthly staff meetings.  Eliminated  This assumption does not have any bearing on productivity of employees.

NextstopISB · Answer

The argument hinges on the assumption that evaluations can accurately identify whether an employee is productive or not since the entire point of the evaluation is to identify unproductive workers for removal and efficient workers for rewards.

Thus, the correct answer is:

D. Evaluations can identify with some accuracy whether an employee is productive or not.

Thus, the correct answer is:

D. Evaluations can identify with some accuracy whether an employee is productive or not.

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

This is an assumption question, so there has to be a gap in the logic between the premise(s) and the conclusion that the correct answer choice must fill. The conclusion or main argument is that employee evaluations are an excellent tool. The premise is that with them managers can fire unproductive employees and reward efficient employees. The gap is: how does he know they are productive workers or not?  D, the correct answer , states that evaluations can determine whether a worker is productive or not. This fills the gap in the logic, as well as supporting the conclusion (evaluations = excellent management tool), which makes it the best answer.

Monthly employee evaluations are an excellent tool for managers.

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