Forum: GMAT AWA: Analysis of an Issue

69. “The most important quality in an employee is not specific knowledge or technical competence. Instead, it is the ability to work well with other employees.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or...

68. “Since the physical work environment affects employee productivity and morale, the employees themselves should have the right to decide how their workplace is designed.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or...

67. “Work greatly influences people’s personal lives — their special interests, their leisure activities, even their appearance away from the workplace.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or examples...

66. “Manufacturers are responsible for ensuring that their products are safe. If a product injures someone, for whatever reason, the manufacturer should be held legally and financially accountable for the injury.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed...

65. “The rise of multinational corporations is leading to global homogeneity*. Because people everywhere are beginning to want thesame products and services, regional differences are rapidly disappearing.” * homogeneity: sameness, similarity Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree...

64. “The goal of business should not be to make as big a profit as possible. Instead, business should also concern itself with the well being of the public.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or...

63. “As government bureaucracy increases, citizens become more and more separated from their government.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.

62. “What education fails to teach us is to see the human community as one. Rather than focus on the unique differences that separate one nation from another, education should focus on the similarities among all people and places on Earth.” What do you think of the view of education expressed...

61. “Even at its best, a government is a tremendous burden to business, though a necessary one.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.

60. “Employers should have no right to obtain information about their employees’ health or other aspects of their personal lives without the employees’ permission.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples...

59. “Juvenile crime is a serious social problem, and businesses must become more involved in helping to prevent it.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations,...

57. “Everywhere, it seems, there are clear and positive signs that people are becoming more respectful of one another’s differences.” In your opinion, how accurate is the view expressed above? Use reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading to develop your position.

53. “The term ‘user friendly’ is usually applied to the trouble-free way that computer software moves people from screen to screen, function to function. However, the term can also refer to a government office, a library, public transportation, or anything designed to provide information or...

50. How far should a supervisor go in criticizing the performance of a subordinate? Some highly successful managers have been known to rely on verbal abuse and intimidation. Do you think that this is an effective means of communicating expectations? If not,what alternative should a manager use in...

49. “Ask most older people to identify the key to success, and they are likely to reply ‘hard work.’ Yet, I would tell people starting off in a career that work in itself is not the key. In fact, you have to approach work cautiously — too much or too little can be self-defeating.” To what extent...

48. In matching job candidates with job openings, managers must consider not only such variables as previous work experience and educational background but also personality traits and work habits, which are more difficult to judge. What do you consider essential in an employee or colleague?...

47. The primary responsibility for preventing environmental damage belongs to government, not to individuals or private industry. Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or examples from your own experience,...

46. Businesses are as likely as are governments to establish large bureaucracies, but bureaucracy is far more damaging to a business than it is to a government. Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or...

45. “The most effective way for a businessperson to maximize profits over a long period of time is to follow the highest standards of ethics.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own...

44. “All companies should invest heavily in advertising because high-quality advertising can sell almost any product or service.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or examples from your own experience,...