In response to a coincidence between calling revenues and delays in manufacturing, the report recommends replacing the manager of the purchasing department. The grounds for this action are twofold. First, the delays are traced to poor planning in purchasing metals. Second, the purchasing managers lack of knowledge of the properties of metals is thought to be the cause of the poor planning. It is further recommended that the position of the purchasing manager be filled by a scientist from the research division and that the current purchasing manager be reassigned to the sales department. In support of this latter recommendation, the report states that the current purchasing managers background in general business, psychology, and sociology equip him for this new assignment. The recommendations advanced in the report are questionable for two reasons.
To begin with, the report fails to establish a causal connection between the falling revenues of the company and the delays in manufacturing. The mere fact that falling revenues coincide with delays in manufacturing is insufficient to conclude that the delays caused the decline in revenue. Without compelling evidence to support the causal connection between these two events, the reports recommendations are not worthy of consideration.
Second, a central assumption of the report is that knowledge of the properties of metals is necessary for planning in purchasing metals. No evidence is stated in the report to support this crucial assumption. Moreover, it is not obvious that such knowledge would be required to perform this task. Since planning is essentially a logistical function, it is doubtful that in-depth knowledge of the properties of metals would be helpful in accomplishing this task.
In conclusion, this is a weak argument. To strengthen the recommendation that the manager of the purchasing department be replaced, the author would have to demonstrate that the falling revenues were a result of the delays in manufacturing. Additionally, the author would have to show that knowledge of the properties of metals is a prerequisite for planning in purchasing metals.
小编提醒:这些文章的价值不在于它们的语言表达,而在于它们提出的观点具有启发作用。考生们请不要背样文,应背写作模式及每篇的理由。
下一篇: GMAT写作练习:Argument(1)
新概念英语第二册英音版 64-The Channel Tunnel
新概念英语第二册英音版 91-Three Men in a Basket
新概念英语第三册英音版 05-The Facts
新概念英语第二册英音版 85-Never Too Old To Learn
新概念英语第二册英音版 92-Asking for Trouble
新概念英语第二册英音版 63-She Was Not Amused
新概念英语第二册英音版 87-A Perfect Alibi
新概念英语第三册英音版 03-An Unknown Goddess
新概念英语第三册英音版 10-The Loss of the Titanic
新概念英语第二册英音版 73-The Record-Holder
新概念英语第二册英音版 93-A Noble Gift
新概念英语第二册英音版 88-Trapped in a Mine
新概念英语第二册英音版 94-Future Champions
新概念英语第二册英音版 90-What’s for Supper
新概念英语第三册英音版 14-A Noble Gangster
新概念英语第三册英音版 01-A Puma at Large
新概念英语第二册英音版 70-Red for Danger
新概念英语第二册英音版 84-On Strike
新概念英语第二册英音版 83-After the Elections
新概念英语第三册英音版 11-Not Guilty
新概念英语第三册英音版 08-A Famous Monastery
新概念英语第二册英音版 95-A Fantasy
新概念英语第二册英音版 82-Monster or Fish
新概念英语第二册英音版 61-Trouble with the Hubble
新概念英语第二册英音版 69-But not Murder
新概念英语第三册英音版 06-Smash-and-Grab
新概念英语第二册英音版 81-Escape
新概念英语第三册英音版 02-Thirteen Equals One
新概念英语第三册英音版 09-Flying Cats
新概念英语第二册英音版 77-A Successful Operation