In many organizations, perhaps the best way to approach certain new projects is to assemble a group of people into a team. Having a team of people attack a project offers several advantages. First of all, a group of people has a wider range of knowledge，expertise, and skills than any single individual is likely to possess. Also, because of the numbers of people involved and the greater resources they possess, a group can work more quickly in response to the task assigned to it and can come up with highly creative solutions to problems and issues. Sometimes these creative solutions come about because a group is more likely to make risky decisions that an individual might not undertake. This is because the group spreads responsibility for a decision to all the members and thus no single individual can be held accountable if the decision turns out to be wrong.
Taking part in a group process can be very rewarding for members of the team. Team members who have a voice in making a decision will no doubt feel better about carrying out the work that is entailed by the decision than they might doing work that is imposed on them by others. Also, the individual team member has a much better chance to “shine”, to get his or her contributions and ideas not only recognized but recognized as highly significant, because a team’s overall results can be more far-reaching and have greater impact than what might have otherwise been possible for the person to accomplish or contribute working alone.
According to the reading, a group of people has a wide variety of expertise, knowledge, and skills. The article also mentions that a group can work quickly and can respond quickly to the task assigned to them. This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He claims that the group consists of two types of people, one who worked on the projects, and one who doesn't even what is the topic of the projects. A group only reflects overall group performance. The lecturer also mentions that some projects do not move quickly because of the disputes between the people of a group/team.
Secondly, the author suggests that a group can come up with a creative solution to the task assigned to them. The lecturer, however, asserts that working with a group is influential for example if a person disagrees with the idea presented then the other instantly drop the idea without any further discussion.
Finally, the author puts forth the idea that working with a team is a good and effective way for a company. In contrast, the lecturer’s stance is rather than assign a task to a group it's better to assign a task to a person.
