Topic : Team work
In the lecture, the speaker contradicts the idea of that teamwork has lots of benefits mentioned in the reading passage.
First of all, it is said in the reading passage that people who work in a group can solve their problem very fast by using member’s skills and dividing their works. However, the speaker maintains that it is not true because they have more time than when they work individually by taking a long time to reach a common opinion from each different member’s opinion.
Secondly, according to reading passage, they can work very creatively because they share several persons’ ideas. On the contrary to this, the speaker says that it is not more creative. That is because all members in a group just follow someone’s opinion instead of sharing their idea. In other words, they tend to follow just their leader’s opinion or one or two person’s idea, who are very strong personality.
Thirdly, the writer mentions that they feel less burden than they work individually. That is because they can share their burden such as fail. However, the speaker argues that they have free-riders, who just sit back seeing what other group member are doing instead of doing something. It is very unfair because all members in a group have equal credit even though some people do not work anything.
In conclusion, the speaker contradicts what the writer said. That is because teamwork has some problem such as time consuming, just following one or two person’s idea and having a free rider. |