A large number of Wempro corporation's department heads will retire this year. The number of employees with the qualifications now...
GMAT Critical Reasoning : (CR) Questions
A large number of Wempro corporation's department heads will retire this year. The number of employees with the qualifications now required for promotion to department head equals only half the expected vacancies. Wempro is not going to hire department heads from outside the company, have current department heads take over more than one department, or reduce the number of its departments. So some departments will be without department heads next year, since Wempro will not______.
Which of the following provides the most logical completion of the argument?
Passage Analysis:
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| A large number of Wempro corporation's department heads will retire this year. |
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| The number of employees with the qualifications now required for promotion to department head equals only half the expected vacancies. |
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| Wempro is not going to hire department heads from outside the company, have current department heads take over more than one department, or reduce the number of its departments. |
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| So some departments will be without department heads next year, since Wempro will not_______. |
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Argument Flow:
The argument starts with a staffing crisis (retirements), shows there aren't enough qualified replacements internally, rules out external solutions, then concludes some departments will go without heads. The flow depends on completing the blank with something Wempro won't do that could solve the problem.
Main Conclusion:
Some departments will be without department heads next year.
Logical Structure:
The conclusion follows logically if we can eliminate one more potential solution. We have a shortage (\(15\) vacancies, \(8\) qualified people = \(7ext{-}8\) unfilled positions), and we've ruled out outside hiring, multiple departments per head, and reducing departments. The blank needs to complete the reasoning by stating another solution Wempro won't use - likely something about changing qualification requirements or promoting unqualified people.
Prethinking:
Question type:
Logically Completes - We need to find what completes the argument's reasoning structure. The conclusion says some departments will be without heads because Wempro will not do something (the blank we need to fill).
Precision of Claims
The key claims involve specific quantities (half the qualified candidates vs. expected vacancies) and specific activities Wempro won't do (no external hiring, no multi-department heads, no department reduction). We need to identify another activity Wempro won't do that would logically lead to the stated conclusion.
Strategy
Look at the logical gap in the argument. We know there's a shortage of qualified internal candidates (only half of what's needed), and we know several solutions Wempro won't use. The conclusion states some departments will lack heads. For this conclusion to follow logically, there must be another solution Wempro won't use that could potentially fill the remaining gap. The most logical missing piece would be something that addresses the qualification requirements themselves.