Consulting is a highly sought after job profile today due to its lucrative pay as well as interesting and dynamic work. Organizations pay the consultants sizeable fees for them to analyze a specific problem and advise the company on how to go about in solving it.The prompt recommends that instead of hiring outside consultants, if companies were to spend more time listening to their own employees, such consultants would be unnecessary. In my opinion, I mostly disagree with the above statement and argue that outside consultants are often beneficial to the company due to two reasons.
Firstly, the consultants are experts in their respective fields having many years of experience in dealing with typical organizational issues under their belt. They have worked in and observed the industry for a long time and hence have empirical experience on which strategies work best for a particular problem. They can often give such valuable advice to the company which, if followed properly, could help the company generate millions in profit. The fees that these consultants receive is compensated more than enough in such scenarios. For instance, a company might be having regular logistic issues due to which they have losses piling up. Here, an experienced consultant could quickly determine the root cause of their issues and suggest steps to rectify the same, thus providing immense saving to the company in terms of sales as well as worker hours that would have been spent in cleaning up the mess.
Further, people that are part of the organization, that is, the employees, may often have a clouded or biased view. They might not be able to zero in on the actual problem as clearly as an outside consultant might. The employees might also have a personal involvement which could lead to a conflict of interest. In such a case, the outside consultant might swiftly find the solution to the issue which the employee himself might not reveal to the management. For instance, the company could be facing losses due to overpaying some of its employees for a particular work. Here, despite knowing that they are receiving a more than fair compensation, the employees might not bring it to the notice of the management due to their vested interests. An outside consultant would be able to communicate this error to the appropriate authorities after carefully studying the organization's financials.
However, it is also important for a company to spend time listening to their own employees. This is because worker discontentment could directly lead to a loss of productivity, which in turn, would affect the company's operations. In such a case, it would be unnecessary to hire a consultant and listening to their employees' woes and addressing them would directly benefit the company. For example, the employees might not be able to function efficiently due to long hours and a regular lack of sleep. Here, the management could reduce the shift hours and provide rest to the employees, which would in turn improve their energy levels while working, as well as make them happy, which would result in an increase in their productivity.
To conclude, outside consultants are helpful in a plethora of situations for the company and listening to their expert opinions could greatly profit the company. But it is also important for a company to listen to their employees and determine if their issue could be solved within the organization itself. Thus, an organization should adopt an open door approach where employees can communicate their grievances to the management effectively, while also taking the assistance of experts when required, to boost their operational efficiency.
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 264, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: The
...ompany on how to go about in solving it.The prompt recommends that instead of hirin...
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, so, thus, well, while, for example, for instance, as well as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 28.0 12.4196629213 225% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3087.0 2235.4752809 138% => OK
No of words: 599.0 442.535393258 135% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15358931553 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.94716853372 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86328963617 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 275.0 215.323595506 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.459098497496 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 956.7 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 14.0 4.99550561798 280% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.2025108178 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.625 118.986275619 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.9583333333 23.4991977007 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.29166666667 5.21951772744 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.44348817 0.243740707755 182% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.135898411288 0.0831039109588 164% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0854768702889 0.0758088955206 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.274775330844 0.150359130593 183% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0557730686497 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 48.8420337079 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 138.0 100.480337079 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 264, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: The
...ompany on how to go about in solving it.The prompt recommends that instead of hirin...
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, so, thus, well, while, for example, for instance, as well as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 28.0 12.4196629213 225% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3087.0 2235.4752809 138% => OK
No of words: 599.0 442.535393258 135% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15358931553 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.94716853372 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86328963617 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 275.0 215.323595506 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.459098497496 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 956.7 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 14.0 4.99550561798 280% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.2025108178 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.625 118.986275619 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.9583333333 23.4991977007 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.29166666667 5.21951772744 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.44348817 0.243740707755 182% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.135898411288 0.0831039109588 164% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0854768702889 0.0758088955206 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.274775330844 0.150359130593 183% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0557730686497 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 48.8420337079 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 138.0 100.480337079 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.