GMAT Argument Writing Samples
4. 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.
实用英语口语:快餐店英语
新年英语口语:与“年”有关的英语表达
实用口语:英语口语要素精选 18
实用英语口语:英语中各种各样的“钱”
口语情景对话:走遍美国精选 祖父的行李箱ACT 3 - 2
实用口语:愚人节,“欺骗”让你大吃一惊英文中关于“欺骗”的表达
实用口语:如何表达和人“竞争”?
地道口语:职场必备的五个简单句子
实用口语:看电影学英语的方法
新东方英语口语开口篇:日常活动(6)
口语情景对话:走遍美国精选 当仁不让 ACT 1 - 3
地道口语:明摆着的事情
看2012年放假安排:学节日英语对话
实用口语:英语里“复习”就是“刷干净”?
地道口语:如何用英语聊电影
地道口语:“小气鬼”怎么说?
口语情景对话:走遍美国精选 私人宅邸ACT 1 - 1
实用口语:英文“心”意知多少
学会用英文的感叹句
英语口语-各种各样的问题
实用英语:超市结账英语
口语情景对话:走遍美国精选 私人宅邸ACT 3 - 1
新东方英语口语开口篇:描述外貌(4)
2011年实用口语练习:与天气有关的口语(上)
时尚英语:K歌必备的口语表达
新东方英语口语开口篇:询问称呼(2)
2011年实用口语练习:当死神来临
实用口语情景轻松学:你这儿卖内存吗?
新东方英语口语开口篇:描述物体(1)
口语情景对话:走遍美国精选 大功告成 ACT 3 - 2
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |