Chapter 4 - Group Work

Question 1

Disadvantage group work

Answer 1

• time consuming serial process one member speak at time.
• members have tendency to repeat points already said.
• meetings can lack coordination poorly planned.
• group think from social pressure causing members to think alike and intolerant to new ideas

Question 2

Advantages of group work

Answer 2

• provide better learning.
• better than individuals for understandinng problems.
• more information (knowledge) than 1 member.
• better than individual for catching errors