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The following appeared in a memorandum from the director of research and development at Ready-to-Ware, a software engineering firm.
"The package of benefits and incentives that Ready-to-Ware offers to professional staff is too costly. Our quarterly profits have declined since the package was introduced two years ago, at the time of our incorporation. Moreover, the package had little positive effect, as we have had only marginal success in recruiting and training high-quality professional staff. To become more profitable again, Ready-to-Ware should, therefore, offer the reduced benefits package that was in place two years ago and use the savings to fund our current research and development initiatives."
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
The argument presented by the director of research and development at Ready-to-Ware argues that the new package of benefits offered to employees should be reconsidered as it is leading to a decline in profiles and not creating a large positive impact. Additionally, the argument suggests reducing the benefits package and directing extra funds towards research and development initiatives would be better. The argument presented is clearly lacking sufficient data to draw claims, and establish a faulty causal relationship. The argument should present additional evidence to strengthen its conclusion.
Firstly, the argument claims that the quarterly profits have declined because of the new benefits package. The argument arrives at this conclusion without thoroughly examining all the variables which may impact profits of any organisation in this industry. For instance, the argument fails to account for the effect of important factors that may influence a software engineering firm’s profits: the economy, performance by competitors, cost of customer acquisition and capital invested towards developing new software. The argument should examine the impact of other important variables on the profit and only then arrive at a conclusion.
Secondly, the argument assumes that the incentives package does not have a large positive effect on the employees of the organisation and adopting the old incentive package will not lead to employee dissaftisfaction. This assumption made by the argument is not backed by any research, making it a weak and unsubstantiated claim. The argument should study the relationship between the employee perception of the current incentive package and their performance to make the argument robust. Additionally, the argument can also evaluate the effect of the incentive package by comparing the past employee performance and the current one.
Finally, the author should answer and include evidence to address the following questions: How is the incentives package of the organisation structured compared to its competitors? How does the company plan to reward employees if the incentive package is reduced? How does the company evaluate the effectiveness of the incentive package? What is the purpose of directing new funds towards research and development?. Without convincing answers to the above questions, the argument will commit a leap of faith and continue to base its conclusion on superficial assumptions.
In conclusion, the argument presented is flawed for the above mentioned reasons. The author must study further evidence and analyze it before arriving at a conclusion and recommendations.
"The package of benefits and incentives that Ready-to-Ware offers to professional staff is too costly. Our quarterly profits have declined since the package was introduced two years ago, at the time of our incorporation. Moreover, the package had little positive effect, as we have had only marginal success in recruiting and training high-quality professional staff. To become more profitable again, Ready-to-Ware should, therefore, offer the reduced benefits package that was in place two years ago and use the savings to fund our current research and development initiatives."
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
The argument presented by the director of research and development at Ready-to-Ware argues that the new package of benefits offered to employees should be reconsidered as it is leading to a decline in profiles and not creating a large positive impact. Additionally, the argument suggests reducing the benefits package and directing extra funds towards research and development initiatives would be better. The argument presented is clearly lacking sufficient data to draw claims, and establish a faulty causal relationship. The argument should present additional evidence to strengthen its conclusion.
Firstly, the argument claims that the quarterly profits have declined because of the new benefits package. The argument arrives at this conclusion without thoroughly examining all the variables which may impact profits of any organisation in this industry. For instance, the argument fails to account for the effect of important factors that may influence a software engineering firm’s profits: the economy, performance by competitors, cost of customer acquisition and capital invested towards developing new software. The argument should examine the impact of other important variables on the profit and only then arrive at a conclusion.
Secondly, the argument assumes that the incentives package does not have a large positive effect on the employees of the organisation and adopting the old incentive package will not lead to employee dissaftisfaction. This assumption made by the argument is not backed by any research, making it a weak and unsubstantiated claim. The argument should study the relationship between the employee perception of the current incentive package and their performance to make the argument robust. Additionally, the argument can also evaluate the effect of the incentive package by comparing the past employee performance and the current one.
Finally, the author should answer and include evidence to address the following questions: How is the incentives package of the organisation structured compared to its competitors? How does the company plan to reward employees if the incentive package is reduced? How does the company evaluate the effectiveness of the incentive package? What is the purpose of directing new funds towards research and development?. Without convincing answers to the above questions, the argument will commit a leap of faith and continue to base its conclusion on superficial assumptions.
In conclusion, the argument presented is flawed for the above mentioned reasons. The author must study further evidence and analyze it before arriving at a conclusion and recommendations.
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Welcome to GMAT Club!
Please do not forget to use the Chineseburnt AWA Template!
https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-get-6 ... 64327.html
P.S. Do not use the words firstly and secondly.... use First or Second or Another....
AWA Score: 4.5 out of 6!
I have used a GMATAWA auto-grader to evaluate your essay. I think some of your long introduction has confused the essay grader since your "Firstly appeared only in the third paragraph". I tried deleting your first 2 paragraphs and that bumped the score up to 4.5 though it bumped the cohesion score down to 3.5. In any case, it proves that MORE is not always BETTER
Coherence and connectivity: 2.5/5
This rating corresponds to the flow of idea and expression from one paragraph to another. The effective use of connectives and coherence of assertive language in arguing for/against the argument is analysed. This is deemed as one of the most important parameters.
Paragraph structure and formation: 5/5
The structure and division of the attempt into appropriate paragraphs is evaluated. To score well on this parameter, it is important to organize the attempt into paragraphs. Preferable to follow the convention of leaving a line blank at the end of each paragraph, to make the software aware of the structure of the essay.
Vocabulary and word expression: 4.5/5
This parameter rates the submitted essay on the range of relevant vocaubulary possessed by the candidate basis the word and expression usage. There are no extra- points for bombastic word-usage. Simple is the best form of suave!
I have used a GMATAWA auto-grader to evaluate your essay. I think some of your long introduction has confused the essay grader since your "Firstly appeared only in the third paragraph". I tried deleting your first 2 paragraphs and that bumped the score up to 4.5 though it bumped the cohesion score down to 3.5. In any case, it proves that MORE is not always BETTER
Coherence and connectivity: 2.5/5
This rating corresponds to the flow of idea and expression from one paragraph to another. The effective use of connectives and coherence of assertive language in arguing for/against the argument is analysed. This is deemed as one of the most important parameters.
Paragraph structure and formation: 5/5
The structure and division of the attempt into appropriate paragraphs is evaluated. To score well on this parameter, it is important to organize the attempt into paragraphs. Preferable to follow the convention of leaving a line blank at the end of each paragraph, to make the software aware of the structure of the essay.
Vocabulary and word expression: 4.5/5
This parameter rates the submitted essay on the range of relevant vocaubulary possessed by the candidate basis the word and expression usage. There are no extra- points for bombastic word-usage. Simple is the best form of suave!
Please do not forget to use the Chineseburnt AWA Template! https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-get-6 ... 64327.html
P.S. Do not use the words firstly and secondly.... use First or Second or Another....
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Hi, could someone give me a score? thanks 
Sajjad1994
The argument claims that the package of benefits and incentives that, Ready To Ware, the software engineering firm, offers to its professional staff, is too expensive. The writer affirm that the quarterly profits of the company have been reduced since the introductions of the package two years ago. Further, the package seemed to have a limited positive effect since the company has not been able to recruit and train a large number of high-quality professional staff. The writer goes on by asserting that because of the negative impact of the package, the company should offer it and use the savings to fund its current research and development studies. However, the conclusion of the argument relies on assumptions for which there is no clear evidence. Hence, the argument is unconvincing and has several flaws.
First, the argument relies on one big assumption, that is the correlation between the reduced quarterly profits to the negative impact of the packages offered. This statement is a stretch because it doesn’t rely on any specific historical data or analysis. The company, in order to do such a statement, should have studied the causes that lay behind the reduced profits. The company could have found that the reduction could have been related to lower revenues in the period to which the profits are referred.
Second, another assumption is that the little positive effect of the company’s package can be explained by the marginal success in recruiting and training professional staff. Clearly, the writer does not consider other factors into the lessen of recruitment. To illustrate this, we shall observe that the company itself could have been the main cause of the less attractiveness to high-quality staff. For example, Ready-to-Ware, in the two years period, could have received a great amount of bad reviews which could have given the company a bad image in its target market.
Furthermore, the argument claims that the company should sell its package and use the savings to invest in its research department. However, this could easily turn out to be a bad move for the company. Its workers could be less motivated to work once this benefit will not be given. On the other hand, investing in the research area, which is an area that is strongly subject to uncertainty, may be too risky and could lead to an increase of the costs. In order to make this assumption, the company should predict the impact that this investment could grant.
In conclusion, the argument is flawed for the above-mentioned reasons. In order to assess the merits of a certain situation, it is essential to have full knowledge of all contributing factors. In this particular case, it is necessary to have data which could explain the impact on the company of the package. Without this fundamental information, the argument remains unsubstantiated and open to debate.
Sajjad1994
The argument claims that the package of benefits and incentives that, Ready To Ware, the software engineering firm, offers to its professional staff, is too expensive. The writer affirm that the quarterly profits of the company have been reduced since the introductions of the package two years ago. Further, the package seemed to have a limited positive effect since the company has not been able to recruit and train a large number of high-quality professional staff. The writer goes on by asserting that because of the negative impact of the package, the company should offer it and use the savings to fund its current research and development studies. However, the conclusion of the argument relies on assumptions for which there is no clear evidence. Hence, the argument is unconvincing and has several flaws.
First, the argument relies on one big assumption, that is the correlation between the reduced quarterly profits to the negative impact of the packages offered. This statement is a stretch because it doesn’t rely on any specific historical data or analysis. The company, in order to do such a statement, should have studied the causes that lay behind the reduced profits. The company could have found that the reduction could have been related to lower revenues in the period to which the profits are referred.
Second, another assumption is that the little positive effect of the company’s package can be explained by the marginal success in recruiting and training professional staff. Clearly, the writer does not consider other factors into the lessen of recruitment. To illustrate this, we shall observe that the company itself could have been the main cause of the less attractiveness to high-quality staff. For example, Ready-to-Ware, in the two years period, could have received a great amount of bad reviews which could have given the company a bad image in its target market.
Furthermore, the argument claims that the company should sell its package and use the savings to invest in its research department. However, this could easily turn out to be a bad move for the company. Its workers could be less motivated to work once this benefit will not be given. On the other hand, investing in the research area, which is an area that is strongly subject to uncertainty, may be too risky and could lead to an increase of the costs. In order to make this assumption, the company should predict the impact that this investment could grant.
In conclusion, the argument is flawed for the above-mentioned reasons. In order to assess the merits of a certain situation, it is essential to have full knowledge of all contributing factors. In this particular case, it is necessary to have data which could explain the impact on the company of the package. Without this fundamental information, the argument remains unsubstantiated and open to debate.
