ayearagoapexmanufacturingboughtitsmanagersputersfortheirhomesandpaidfortelephoneconnectionssothattheycouldaccessapexputersanddatafilesfromhomeafternormalbusinesshours.sincelastyear,productivityatapexhasincreasedby15percent.otherpaniescanlearnfromthesuccessatapex:givenhomeputersandaccesstopanyresources,employeeswillworkadditionalhoursathomeandtherebyincreasepanyprofits.”
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inthisarticletheauthorattributesapexmanufacturing’s15percentincreaseinproductivityoverthepastyeartoitsdecisiontoequipitsmanagerwithputersandpaidtelephoneconnectionsfortheirhomessothattheywouldaccesspanyputersandfilesfromhomeafternormalbusinesshours.onthebasisofapex’sexperiencetheauthorremendsthatotherpaniesfollowapex’sexampleandprovideputersandaccesstopanyresourcestotheiremployees.theauthorbelievesthatsuchapolicywouldincreaseproductivityandprofitsforotherpanies,justasitdidforapex.theauthor’slineofreasoningisquestionableforseveralreasons.
first,theauthorassumesthatapex’sincreaseinproductivityisduetoitsequippingitsmanagerswithhomeputersandaccesstopanyresources.however,theonlyevidenceofferedinsupportofthisclaimisthefactthatapex’sincreaseinproductivityoccurredafterthehomeputersandafter-hours(adv.工作完毕后)accesswasprovided.unfortunately,thisevidenceisinsufficienttoestablishthecausalclaiminquestion.whiletemporalprecedenceisoneoftheconditionsrequiredtoestablishacausalrelationshipbetweentwoevents,byitselfitisnotasufficientcondition.consequently,itispossiblethatapex’sincreaseinproductivityisnotrelatedtoitsdecisiontoequipitsmanagerswithputersandafter-hoursaccessinthefashionrequiredbytheauthor’sargument.
second,theauthorassumesthatapexandotherpaniesaresufficientlysimilartowarrantaconclusionbasedonananalogybetweenthem.evenifweaccepttheviewthatapex’sincreaseinproductivitywasbroughtaboutbyitspolicyofenablingitsmanagerstoworkfromhome,differencesbetweenapexandotherpaniescouldnullifythisresult.lackingdetailedinformationaboutapexandtheotherpaniesinquestionitisdifficulttoassesstheauthor’sconclusion.
inconclusion,theauthor’sargumentisunconvincing.tostrengthentheargumenttheauthorwouldhavetoprovideadditionalevidencefortheclaimthatapex’sdecisiontoprovideitsmanagerswithhomeputersandaccesstopanyresourceswasresponsibleforitsincreaseinproductivity.furthermore,itwouldbenecessarytoshowthatapexandotherpaniesaresufficientlysimilartojustifytheanalogybetweenthem.
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