008 The common notion that workers are generally apathetic a

[Erin]

8. The following appeared in the editorial section of a corporate newsletter.

 

“The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently published survey indicates that 79 percent of the nearly 1,200 workers who responded to survey questionnaires expressed a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs.”

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“The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently published survey indicates that 79 percent of the nearly 1,200 workers who responded to survey questionnaires expressed a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs.”

 

 

The argument here tries to falsify the notion that workers are generally apathetic to management issues by presenting results from a survey that shows that 79% out of 1200 workers showed keen interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs.

 

 

The argument here is not entirely convincing because of a few faults.

 

 

Firstly the notion itself can be challenged because it is not the case everywhere.Companies where the management and the workers have regular problems, every managemnet decision is carefully observed because every decision might directly affect the interests of the workers.In companies where such friction is not present the level of mistrust is quite low but still the workers maintain a quiet observation of the management and its activities..

 

 

Secondly the survey questionnaire focussed on topics like corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs. These topics are the most eagerly follwed topics in any organisation because the outcome of these issues have a direct bearing on the job prospects of the people involved with the company.

 

 

 

Thus I feel that the above argument is poorly construced and not supplied with enough evidence to support the claim itself leave alone the conclusion.