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10 Jan 2020, 04:58
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Within the Performance Appraisal process, measuring means determining the level of performance by judging the Quality, Quantity, and Timeliness of the work against a set of standards. Precisely evaluating the efficiency and dedication of employees who spend more than 12 hours at the office is difficult. Presume, for example, most office-goers in Country X are proud of sleepless nights and staying late at the office, thinking that the boss will appreciate their working overtime. What if people waste time during the typical eight-hour workday to create reasons to work overtime such as to claim overtime wages and to look diligent?
The objection implied above to the productivity measure described is based on doubts about the truth of which of the following statements?
A. Office goers are representative of overtime workers in general.
B. Misemploying office-hours is the primary activity of office employees.
C. The performance appraisal process should be ascribed to departments or divisions within an organization, not to individuals.
D. The Quality of work delivered cannot be ignored during the performance appraisal process.
E. The number of hours clocked in at work is relevant to measuring the performance level of employees.
The objection implied above to the productivity measure described is based on doubts about the truth of which of the following statements?
A. Office goers are representative of overtime workers in general.
B. Misemploying office-hours is the primary activity of office employees.
C. The performance appraisal process should be ascribed to departments or divisions within an organization, not to individuals.
D. The Quality of work delivered cannot be ignored during the performance appraisal process.
E. The number of hours clocked in at work is relevant to measuring the performance level of employees.
P.S - One of the hardest question stems I've come across. Try to answer in < 2 minutes.
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20 Jan 2020, 23:37
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Very tricky one. I also got it wrong.
Key part is: What if people waste time during the typical eight-hour workday to create reasons to work overtime such as to claim overtime wages and to look diligent?
We are looking for the assumption underling this objection, which has to isolated from the original argument in order to get the answer right. The objection is clearly suspecting about the validity of the Performance Appraisal process by stating that even though workers stayed in the office for a long time (Reference to Timeliness), thus working more than expected (reference to quantity), they could have wasted (reference to Quality) time during the day.
Now, what if we excluded Quality as a benchmark from the Performance Appraisal process? Well, in this case, the quality of work delivered would not weigh on our valuation of the overall performance of workers, thus the final statement:
"What if people waste time during the typical eight-hour workday to create reasons to work overtime such as to claim overtime wages and to look diligent?" would fail to represent a valid reasoning.
Hope it helps (kudos if you liked my explanation
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Key part is: What if people waste time during the typical eight-hour workday to create reasons to work overtime such as to claim overtime wages and to look diligent?
We are looking for the assumption underling this objection, which has to isolated from the original argument in order to get the answer right. The objection is clearly suspecting about the validity of the Performance Appraisal process by stating that even though workers stayed in the office for a long time (Reference to Timeliness), thus working more than expected (reference to quantity), they could have wasted (reference to Quality) time during the day.
Now, what if we excluded Quality as a benchmark from the Performance Appraisal process? Well, in this case, the quality of work delivered would not weigh on our valuation of the overall performance of workers, thus the final statement:
"What if people waste time during the typical eight-hour workday to create reasons to work overtime such as to claim overtime wages and to look diligent?" would fail to represent a valid reasoning.
Hope it helps (kudos if you liked my explanation
) 
10 Jun 2020, 14:50
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The answer should be E. Another example of eGmats poorly written questions. An OG question would NEVER be written this way.
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