Justification for a budget increase

Justification for a budget increase

We make arguments and draw conclusions many times every day. Our brains are hard-wired to analyze situations and claims to determine the best course of action, make sense of what we are seeing or hearing, and develop our own informed opinions about…just about everything. Some situations are simple and straightforward, but others, as we’ve learned, can be complex.

For your initial discussion post, please share an experience in which you EITHER needed to make a strong argument OR were required to evaluate an argument that was presented to you.

Remember, an argument is simply a case or a ‘reason’ for something–a persuasive message; it might be a project proposal or a Justification for a budget increase, or perhaps it’s a decision to lay off employees or to create a new position. Maybe you had to make a case for why your family should go out to dinner tonight instead of cooking at home, or why you need to buy a new house… These are ordinary everyday ‘arguments’, but they still need to be done well, right?

For your post:

1. Briefly describe the ‘argument’ and the context in which it was presented. Remember to include all of the relevant information (e.g., who, what, when, where, why, how…purpose, audience, context, etc.). Basically, contextualize the argument so your peers have a sense of the situation in which it was presented.
2. Next, construct and re-present the argument using the Toulmin Model. Look back at the Toulmin Model examples from this week’s lectures and then present your example in the same clear, simplified way.
3. Finally, draw your own conclusion about the argument, and explain why you think it was:

• 1. Strong or weak
  2. Sufficient or insufficient

Requirements: no limit

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