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Based on a survey among workers which indicates a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs, the arguer concludes that workers are not apathetic about management issues. Specially, it is argued that since 79 percent of the 1200 respondents of the survey expressed their interest in these topics, the notion that workers are apathetic about management issues are at least outdated. A careful examination would reveal two flaws in this argument.
First, a threshold problem is that the arguer provides no evidence to claim that workers in the corporate as a whole possess the same point of view. The example cited, while suggestive of this view, is insufficient to warrant its truth because there is no reason to believe that the respondents are representative of the whole general group. For instance, this is a multinational company and owns more than 10,000 employees, the 1200 workers is only a small portion of the entire group. As a result, there is no way to verify the overall opinion in the argument. In face of such limited anecdotal evidence, we can only say that it is fallacious for the arguer to draw any conclusion.
Second, Even if the result of survey can express the overall opinion of the whole worker group, there is still a methodology problem for the conclusion. That is, the arguer has focused only on a subgroup of management issues such as corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs to conclude that the workers are not apathetic about all the management issues. As we know, management issues are so complicated that they can not be generalized with one or two factors. Although the programs listed in the argument relate to the workers closely, it is unfair to assume that they would similarly interested in other management issues----those do not affect them so directly. Therefore this conclusion is very hasty.
Finally, this argument is not persuasive as it stands. Accordingly, it is imprudent for the arguer to claim that. To make the argument logically acceptable, the arguer would have to show that the survey is of sufficient representation of the whole workers. In addition, to solidify the conclusion, the arguer should provide concrete evidence as well as to demonstrate that workers are enthusiastic about other management topics but not only those that affect them directly. |