Sentence structure?

["Brigitte Johnston" <bjohnston -at- humantech -dot- com>]

Hi all -

Can anyone refresh my memory?   I keep coming across this type of
sentence structure when editing reports at my company (here are 2
examples):

1.  "Analysis is the key to ensure that you are focusing your company's
investment on the most important concern."
2.  "Identifying the presence, type, and level of risk currently
existing in the workplace is an essential step to reduce risks in the
workplace."

But I would word them this way:

1.  "Analysis is the key to ensuring that you are focusing your
company's investment on the most important concern."
2.  "Identifying the presence, type, and level of risk currently
existing in the workplace is an essential step toward reducing risks in
the workplace."

I'm trying to give this problem a name (so I can try and explain the
problem to the writers), but what do you call this?  It's been a LONG
time since any grammar classes...and I can't seem to find this in my
reference books (maybe I need new reference books!)...

THANKS!
Brigitte Johnston
Tech. Writer/Editor

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