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AA110
“We should not approve the business loan application of the local group that wants to open a franchise outlet for the Kool Kone chain of ice cream parlors. Frostbite is known for its cold winters, and cold weather can mean slow ice cream sales. For example, even though Frostbite is a town of 10,000 people, it has only one ice cream spot — the Frigid Cow. Despite the lack of competition, the Frigid Cow’s net revenues fell by 10 percent last winter.”
In this argument, the author comes to the conclusion that business loan application of the local group that wants to open a franchise outlet for the Kool Kone chain of ice cream parlors should not be proved. In order to substantiate his conclusion, the author cites as evidence the fact that c Frostbite is known for its cold winters. In addition, he reasons that cold weather can mean slow ice cream sales. Further more, he gives an example of the only one cream spot — the Frigid Cow whose net revenues fell by 10 percent last winter. This argument appears to be reasonable at first glance, but suffers some critical flaws that seriously undermine the conclusion after close scrutiny of evidence, and accordingly is not thoroughly well-reasoned. The main flaws of the argument will be discussed below.
In the first place, the argument is based on an unwarranted assumption that the prospective performance of the company is the pivotal factor in deciding whether to give loan to a company. Yet, no evidence is stated in the argument to buttress this assumption. There may be some other factors that the author fails to take into consideration. The credit of the company is a more important factor. For example, many insurance companies will first check the credit of the company before they make any decision on business loans. Thus, this argument is groundless unless this factor is ruled out.
Failing to provide sufficient evidence to sustain the conclusion, the author carelessly commits a fallacy of hasty generalization. Rarely is just one example logically sound to establish a general conclusion unless it can be shown that the Frigid Cow is representative of the ice-cream industry in that region. Nevertheless it is possible that the poor management or problems with financing led to the decreased net revenues last year.
The conclusion unjustifiably relies on the statistics of last year. The statistics about of the Frigid Cow last year does not necessarily denote the future trend of ice cream. Therefore the conclusion is completely unwarranted.
To sum up, the conclusion, as it stands, lacks credibility because the evidence cited in the argument does not lend strong support to the assumptions. To solidify the argument, it is highly recommended that the author can prove that future development trend is a pivotal factor in approving a business loan. With such improvement successfully made, this argument will grow far more convincing.
AI 05
Question
.“All groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares responsibilities and duties. Giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task is not an effective way to get work done.”
Answer
The following sample paper would receive the highest rating:
The issue of whether all groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares responsibilities and duties is a complex and controversial one. Many people feel that groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares responsibilities and duties. On the other hand, it can be noted that giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task is an effective way to get work done. In this discussion, I shall present arguments favoring the former statement and refuting the latter statement.
In the first place, the most important reason for my view is that teamwork is the key for success. The wisdom and joint power of the team can achieve even impossible task. For example, in order to win large contract, it is so important for a company to make team members contribute. Under this circumstance, it is obvious that the resources of one person are limited.
In addition, there is another reason for me to choose this statement. Giving everyone the power to make decisions and share responsibilities and duties makes them more motivated. This can be shown through a survey made by a top-notch business website in China. According to the survey, employees that have a strong sense of involvement in the company are also the most productive employees.
Admittedly, it may be true a strong leader will bring excellence to the team in some conditions. However, this alone does not constitute a sufficient support to claim that giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task is an effective way to get work done. When the advantages and disadvantages of everyone making decisions and shares responsibilities and giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task are carefully examined, the most striking conclusion is obvious that combining team efforts is more effective.
To sum up, due to the above mentioned reasons, which sometimes correlate
with each other to generate an integrate whole and thus become more
persuasive, we may be comfortable to conclude that team efforts is more effective.
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发表于 2006-2-23 01:26:00
