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TOPIC: ARGUMENT209 - The following recommendation was made by the Human Resources Manager to the board of directors of the Fancy Toy Company.
"In the last three quarters of this year, under the leadership of our president, Pat Salvo, our profits have fallen considerably. Thus, we should ask for her resignation in return for a generous severance package. In Pat's place, we should appoint Rosa Winnings. Rosa is currently president of Starlight Jewelry, a company whose profits have increased dramatically over the past several years. Although we will have to pay Rosa twice the salary that Pat has been receiving, it will be well worth it because we can soon expect our profits to increase considerably."
WORDS: 487
TIME: 00:32:00
DATE: 2010/7/19 20:51:13
In the recommendation, the author claims that they should appoint Rosa Winnings to be their president. To support his claim, the author points out their profit have fallen this year under the leadership of Pat Salvo. What's more, he cites the facts that Starlight Jewelry has their profit increasing over the past several years, and he also predicts that their company wil earn a increasing profit. Supportive at first glance, a closer look at these evidence, I suppose the claim suffers several logical fallacies.
First of all, the author hastily generalizes that the falling profits are respond solely to the leadership of Pat Salvo. Without more information offered, we cannot confirm that casual relationship and there may be other explanation responds to that situation. One obvious example is the exterior economic circumstances. If the whole commercial realm is suffering the financial crisis, and the average profit in the society sharply decreased during that time, it is possible that while it is totally a miracle to keep the company away from bankruptcy, the leadership of Pat Salvo is considered success under that circumstance. In addition, it is also possible that this three quarters of this year is an aberration that for the most time of recent years, the company actually shares a increasing profit. Lacking more information to exclude these possibilities, the author cannot draw his conclusion pursuable.
Secondly, the author assumes that all the situations are the same in those two companies according to the allegation that they will have an increase profit. However, common sense tells us that they are unlikely all the same, and differences between may bring absolutely opposite result. For example, Rosa's success is based on the seniority of market that they have accumulate enough trust on consumers, while it is not existed on Fancy Toy Company or the majority consumption of jewery is domestic while it is through export that toy companies could survive. Not taking into consideration these differences, the author cannot conclude that the new president will make the same success.
Thirdly, the conclusion suffers from" either-or" reasoning that Rosa and Pat Salvo are not mutual excluded. It is possible that there is other president or other implements that better than either one of them. Even if Rosa will be better than Pat Salvo, perhaps changes of measures, such as renewing the manage system, further practice employers' skills and sharp criteria of prizing and punishing, will required the same or even better result. Not pointing out that there is no better choice, we cannot admit that Rosa should be selected.
In sum, the author claims that they should elected Rosa as their next president, but he commits several logical fallacies. To strengthen his claim, the author should offer more information about reasons why they suffer a decreasing profit. To better evaluate the claim, the author should take into account more options and compare two companies to make a reasonable prediction.
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