How is the manager’s reasoning vulnerable to criticism? A) It fails t

QUESTION

How is the manager’s reasoning vulnerable to criticism?

A) It fails to account for the possibility that people who lack organizational authority can still be leaders.
B) It fails to demonstrate that ACME’s definition of leadership is the most popular definition.
C) It uses a variation of a commonly used definition of leadership.
D) It does not demonstrate that ACME’s goals were well-chosen.
E) It ignores the effect that managerial authority has on one’s ability to influence others.

ANSWER

Answer: E
Explanation: E) Many of the choices accurately describe things that the manager does or doesn’t do, but only Choice E is a problem. People with managerial authority have, in general, more opportunity to influence people. Since influencing people is essential to leadership, it is misleading to claim that everyone has an equal opportunity to lead. Choice A is inaccurate. The manager’s definition does allow for this possibility. Choices B, C, and D are accurate but do not point out a problem. Neither the popularity of the definition (Choice B) nor its originality (Choice C) is relevant to the question of equal opportunity for leadership. The wisdom of the goals (Choice D) also doesn’t matter. The manager is just claiming that everyone at ACME can lead, not that they’ll lead in a good direction.