ADVANTAGES
• The possible benefit of joining various skills and knowledge
• Greater inspiration and input and therefore less boredom
• The ability for individuals to be more successful working together than on their own
• Members develop wider skills and can cover when others are absent
• Previously undiscovered skills are revealed
• People get to see projects or tasks through to completion
• People feel a sense of belonging
• Greater understanding and acceptance of decisions
• Everyone can be treated as an adult and pride in achievement encourages self-discipline
DISADVANTAGES
• Decisions may be slow (and more expensive).
• Individuals may dominate the groups.
• The group may take greater risks than any individual.
• Where groups strongly relate they may develop ‘groupthink’ in which the desire for consensus or harmony overtakes accuracy, critical thinking and impartiality.
• Problems arise when decisions are adjusted to satisfy the minimum requirements of every member rather than the teams overall best interests.
• The possible benefit of joining various skills and knowledge
• Greater inspiration and input and therefore less boredom
• The ability for individuals to be more successful working together than on their own
• Members develop wider skills and can cover when others are absent
• Previously undiscovered skills are revealed
• People get to see projects or tasks through to completion
• People feel a sense of belonging
• Greater understanding and acceptance of decisions
• Everyone can be treated as an adult and pride in achievement encourages self-discipline
DISADVANTAGES
• Decisions may be slow (and more expensive).
• Individuals may dominate the groups.
• The group may take greater risks than any individual.
• Where groups strongly relate they may develop ‘groupthink’ in which the desire for consensus or harmony overtakes accuracy, critical thinking and impartiality.
• Problems arise when decisions are adjusted to satisfy the minimum requirements of every member rather than the teams overall best interests.