The argument concludes that the common notion that workers are generally apathetic about company’s management issue is false. To support this conclusion, the author cites that a recent survey shows that 79 percent of the workers responded to the survey expressed high level of interest on the topics of reconstructing corporate and redesigning benefits programs. In my opinion, this argument is not sound, however, by following reasons:
First of all, the author mentioned that 79 percent of the 1, 200 workers who responded to the survey showed interest on corporate’s reform. However, this 79 percent is not representative of all the workers in the company as the author didn’t mention how many workers work for this company and how many workers were surveyed. It might be possible that there’re thousands of the workers in the company, but the management team only selected a specific group of workers to participate in the survey, by knowing the fact that this group would express positive views of the company. Therefore, the result of the survey cited can not represent the whole crew of the company’s workers.
Moreover, the survey shows that most of the workers who responded to the survey are interested in the topic of corporate reconstructing and the redesign of benefits programs, however, this doesn’t necessarily mean that those workers are not apathetic about company’s management issue. People will seek for changes if they are not satisfied with their current situation, this could be true on those workers in the company. Those workers may be apathetic about the management issue, whereas they still expect the company to become better and reforming is the only way to make this happen. Hence, this evidence is not supportive to the author’s conclusion.
In sum, this argument is not compelling as if fails to address many factors that should be illustrated furtherly. In order to proper conclusion, the author would have to do a thorough survey which can illustrate the views from all the workers and show more evidence to prove those who are interested in the topic of company’s reform are not apathetic about the company’s management issue.
The argument concludes that the common notion that
workers
are
generally
apathetic
about
company’s
management
issue
is false. To support this conclusion, the
author
cites that a recent
survey
shows
that 79 percent of the
workers
responded to the
survey
expressed high level of interest on the topics of reconstructing corporate and redesigning benefits programs. In my opinion, this argument is not sound,
however
, by following reasons:
First of all
, the
author
mentioned that 79 percent of the 1, 200
workers
who responded to the
survey
showed
interest on corporate’s reform.
However
, this 79 percent is not representative of all the
workers
in the
company
as the
author
didn’t mention how
many
workers
work for this
company
and how
many
workers
were surveyed
. It might be possible that there’re thousands of the
workers
in the
company
,
but
the
management
team
only
selected a specific group of
workers
to participate in the
survey
, by knowing the fact that this group would express
positive
views of the
company
.
Therefore
, the result of the
survey
cited can not represent the whole crew of the
company’s
workers.
Moreover
, the
survey
shows
that most of the
workers
who responded to the
survey
are interested
in the topic of corporate reconstructing and the redesign of benefits programs,
however
, this doesn’t
necessarily
mean that those
workers
are not
apathetic
about
company’s
management
issue
.
People
will seek for
changes
if they are not satisfied with their
current
situation, this could be true on those
workers
in the
company
. Those
workers
may be
apathetic
about the
management
issue
, whereas they
still
expect
the
company
to become better and reforming is the
only
way to
make
this happen.
Hence
, this evidence is not supportive to the
author’s
conclusion.
In sum, this argument is not compelling as if fails to address
many
factors that should
be illustrated
furtherly
. In order to proper conclusion, the
author
would
have to
do a thorough
survey
which can illustrate the views from all the
workers
and
show
more evidence to prove those who
are interested
in the topic of
company’s
reform are not
apathetic
about the
company’s
management
issue
.