▶ Your Answer :
The
lecturer talks about research conducted by a firm that used the group system to
handle their work. He says that the theory stated in the passage was very
different and somewhat inaccurate when compared to what happened for real.
First,
some members got free rides. That is, some didn’t work hard but gotrecognition
for the success nontheless. This also indicates that people who worked hard was
not given recognition they should have got. In other words, they weren’t given
the oppotunity to “shine”. This derectly contradicts what the passage
indicates.
Second,
groups were slow in progress. The passage says that groups are nore responsive
than individuals because of the number of people involved and their aggregated
resources. However, the speaker talks about how the firm found out that groups
were slower than individuals in dicision making. Groups needed more time for
meetings, which are neccesary procceedures in decision making. This was another
part where experience contradicted theory.
Third,
influetial people might emerge, and lead the group towards glory or failure. If
the influent people are going in the right direction there would be no problem.
But in cases where they go in the wrong direction, there is nobody that has
enough influence to counter the decision made. In other words, the group might
turn into a dictatorship, with the influential party as the leader, and might
be less flexible in thinking. They might become one-sided, and thus fail to
succeed. |