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The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee—a small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.
提纲：
1. 无法确定很多其他公司言论的可靠性。它们可能是那个课程的托，做广告的。夸大了效果或者根本没有派员工参加，是杜撰的。
2. 阅读速度快不代表质量高，可能思维混乱，没有逻辑，无法掌握真正重要的信息。
3. 没有考虑到每个人参加这个课程的副作用。1人500，要是有1000人就不是小钱了。并且这个课程的好处太模糊。要多久才能给公司带来具体的好处？而且3周研讨会太长，公司员工缺席3周对公司造成很大影响。
正文：
The personnel director recommend all the employees should take the Easy Read Course to improve productivity of company, and he cites a trial of evidence to support it. It is reasonable on the surface, but further scrutiny reveals that there are several questions that need to be answered to strengthen it.
Firstly, these many other companies' recently statements do not be showed their validity and there are only two successful examples cited. perhaps these companies are the presentations of the Easy Read Course and exaggerate the effects. Apart from the two employees, the rest do not facilitate their speed of reading and the productivity. Or they do not even send any employees to anticipate, which the two examples are made up. It may be just a method to advertise. The director do not provide powerful evidence to examine those are warranted.
Secondly, faster read do not equals to good quality of read. If a employee can read a 500-page report in only two hours like the other company said, but laking fundamental knowledge, logical and creative mind , then he or she will not absorbs the main point or useful information from the report. Just like old Chinese idiom says " read ten lines at one glance", which means someone read very fast, but not truly master the vital messages. Therefore, not only do ensure the speed of read but also the quality.
Finally , the director fails to the side effects about that every employees take the Easy Read Course. he simply think the investment is profitable. per person cost 500$, which is not too much, but what if there are 1000 employees in the company? the total expenses will reach 500,000. it's not a small price. what's more, what are the exact benefits? Those the director heard about other company are too ambiguous.if the employee take the course, how many profits will he or she produce every year? In addition, the course will spend 3-weeks to learn in Spruce City. It's may practical if the course takes the spare time. However, employees need to be absent for 3-weeks, which means the business of the company will be in abeyance and cause large loss.
In conclusion, the recommendation is not well buttressed. It need more accurate information resource to ensure the reality of those so-called many other companies' statements about Easy Read Course. And the director should consider the the course-related advantages and disadvantages, whether it is worthy of taking or not. Probably, the company can choose a few employees of different levels to attend and see the effects instead of sending all.
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发表于 2012-8-15 17:15:29
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