[Question No. 32]
The brief passage:
The vice president of human resources at Climpson lndustries sent the followingrecommendation to the company's president.
"ln an effort to improve our employees' productivity, we should implement electronicmonitoring of employees' lnternet use from their workstations. Employees who use the lnternetfrom their workstations need to be identified and punished if we are to reduce the number of workhours spent on personal or recreational activities, such as shopping or playing games. By installingsoftware to detect employees' lnternet use on company computers, we can prevent employeesfrom wasting time, foster a better work ethic at Climpson, and improve our overall profits."
Instruction:
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of theargument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what theimplications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
指明brief passage(材料文)中的argument(conclusion, recommendation, prediction)是什么。It isargued that Climpson lndustries should implement electronic monitoring of employees' Internetuse. The author believes that this change could prevent employees from wasting time, fosters abetter work ethic and improve the companies' overall profits.然后(应对着指今的话。Howeverthe assumptions of the argument suffer a number of logical flaws.
找出assumption，通常是隐藏的，没有直说的。The author expects an improvement of overalprofits based on an assumption that the reduced time emplovees spend on personal andrecreational activities creates profits that compensate for the cost of implementing the electronicmonitoring system.然后，进 步解释来指出assumption的疑点。The monitoring may require etheradditional employment or technology, and as a result, there may be additional cost.
找出assumption，通常是隐藏的，没有直说的。Another assumption is that employees waste timeonly on the lnternet.然后，进一步解释来指出assumption的疑点。As a matter of fact, the staff maywaste time on matters that do not need the lnternet. For instance, they may chat or readmagazines.找出assumption，通常是隐藏的，没有直说的。In addition, even if they use the lnternetthe author cannot assume that the use of the lnternet happens on the company computers. #进一步解释来指出assumption的疑点。In fact, workers could use their personal devices- theirpersonal cell-phones, laptops or tablet PCs-to circumvent the lnternet monitoring at theworkstations. 这一段包含了两个逻辑疑点。
变体写法(没有按照规矩的“先说assumption再分析具体情况”)。Even if the monitoringsuccessfully reduces the time employees waste on personal and recreational use of the lnternet.the fostering of working ethics is not guaranteed.而是在这里出现对于assumption的描述。Theassumption at this point is that workers’ dedication of time is everything of work ethics. 然, 步解释来指出assumption的疑点。As a matter of fact, work ethics include more than how muchtime an employee spends on the job. For example, being meticulous and patient to the job is alsopart of a good work ethic. lt is likely that although the staff spend all of their work hours on thejob, they do not work with proper care, accuracy or patience. They may also deliberately work withlow efficiency when their use of the Internet is monitored.
变体写法(没有按照规矩的“先说assumption再分析具体情况”)。 In addition, the overall profits arealso not quaranteed.而是在这里出现对于assumption的描述The assumption at this point is that themore time staff spend on their jobs, the greater profits they will produce.然后， 进一步解释来指出assumption的疑点。This is a questionable assumption because a companies' profitability issubject to a number of factors, such as whether the market responds favorably to the company’sproducts or services, and whether the company fares on reasonable levels of cost.
分析五个逻辑疑点，得分最计划
Conclusion
Therefore, unless the author iustifies all the stated and unstated assumptions above, theproposed internet monitoring would not help achieve the predicted results.
