Question

Ben: We need to select the team members for the Dragon Owls project. I have identified seven essential skills we need to make this project successful: leadership skills, creative skills, conceptual skills, collaborative skills, technical skills, interpersonal skills, and planning skills. Therefore, we should bring at least seven people on to the team.

Steve: Instead, we should identify all of the departments that have a stake in the success of the Dragon Owls project and ensure that a representative from each department is on the Dragon Owls team.
Curtis: I have a better idea. Since the Dragon Owls success is so important, it should contain the top performers in the entire organization.
Which of the following is assumed by Ben's argument?
a. No potential member of the Dragon Owls project has better leadership skills than conceptual skills.
b. Every potential member of the Dragon Owls project has outstanding skills in at least one respect.
c. Some potential members of the Dragon Owls project have creative skills and planning skills.
d. No potential member of the Dragon Owls team has both conceptual skills and interpersonal skills.
e. Every potential member of the Dragon Owls team with technical skills also has collaborative skills.

Answer 1

b.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on Ben's idea he is stating that every potential member of the Dragon Owls project has outstanding skills in at least one respect. He seems to know that potential candidates can possess various skills that may be useful to the overall project. Since he has identified seven key skills that are detrimental to the success of the project, he basically wants at least one member of the project that has an exceptional skill level in at least one of the needed skills. That way by having seven members, each of which is exceptional at one of these skills then he would have experts in every skill to get the project done right.