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Imagine working within an organization where the senior director has 4 direct reports. One of the units reporting to the senior director is 5 times bigger than the others and is composed of 3 equally sized units. The director of that large entity is ready to retire and your colleague proposed not conducting a search for a new director, but rather splitting up the large unit and having the managers of the 3 sub-parts of the largest unit each report to the senior director. If this were to happen, there would be 6 direct reports, which is still manageable, and the organization will save money because the salary of the director of the large unit will not have to be paid after retirement.

Analyze the argument. Using deductive thinking, identify the unstated premises that should be articulated and evaluated. Create counter argument possible reasons to keep the organizational structure in its current form.