NO.106 A certain small company has a policy that every manager must be scheduled to be present at the company’s office at any time during which all of the manager’s supervisees are scheduled to be present at the office. The shifts of the three supervisees of a certain manager, in 24-hour format, are as follows:
* Employee 1-Scheduled to be present from 11:30 through 16:00 every business day
* Employee 2-Scheduled to be present from 9:00 through 14:30 every business day
* Employee 3-Scheduled to be present from 10:30 through 13:30 every business day Indicate below the earliest time and the latest time at which, based on the information provided, the manager must be scheduled to be present at the office on every business day. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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Topic 1, Analytical Writing Assessment
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The following appeared in a letter from the director of sales for Beta Medical, a leader in the medical technologies industry, to the company’s sales force, which markets products directory to medical professionals:
“Profits for Beta Medical grew by 7% last year, the highest growth in the industry, and our sales force had much to do with this success. However, there is room for improvement. In-house research has demonstrated that we are spending 25% more on entertainment costs than the sales forces of our competitors. In order to reduce these costs and increase our profits, we will be introducing strict limits on dining and other entertainment expenses, bringing them in line with industry averages. These cost savings should increase profits even more than last year’s 7%, thus allowing us to maintain our leadership in the industry.” 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 example. 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.
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Explanation:
The given letter from the director for sales of a medical technology sales firm, elucidates the fact that there has been certain achievements and also tries to find out the real issues involved by making certain assumptions. The letter has concluded that they might perform even better provided that they would have reduced the cost incurred due to the entertainment. The letter might seem reasonable to an extent In indicating the factor, but it Is to be noted that to a great extent there has been the constructive clause built only on the assumption.
The letter has failed to look into the fact about the contribution of the money that has been spent on the entertainment and the total revenue that they have procured due to revenue being an important factor. The reduction in the revenue expense might even bring down the total earning of the company, If entertainment has been a crucial part of the contributing factor towards the revenue then it would a difficultly or rather lead to deleterious consequences on the part of the sales team.
The letter has also no considered any other factor where the company has to work on, the one-sided statement of the letter is an ambiguous one.