Groupthink
When private institutions or government agencies need to solve problems or develop new processes they assemble groups of people to work on the task. The advantages of teams composed of many individuals over individuals working alone are several. First of all, teams of individuals can pool their intellectual resources in order to arrive at superior decisions through focused attention to the issue at hand. Group discussion leads to a more varied and in-depth approach to problem solving and idea creation. Furthermore, group discussion leads to a broad exchange of knowledge and information since groups include individuals from different parts and levels of an organization. These individuals tend to bring with them a large variety of skills, interests, and background knowledge. Often, team discussion will bring about a relevant solution, which is unlikely to be made by a lone individual. The reason for this is that a person working in isolation may be afraid of taking responsibility for making a decision whose outcome is uncertain. In a team of individuals, however, the responsibility is spread around so that no particular member can be held responsible if the decision leads to failure.
Group discussion also has the advantage of encouraging motivation in team members. The effect of working with colleagues can increase enthusiasm and provide the necessary ambience for the brainstorming activities essential to good decision-making. Finally, each individual can benefit because he or she can learn new negotiation and management skills and discover personal strengths and aptitudes through the process of achieving worthwhile goals.
The passage states about the advantages of solving a problem in a group of individuals. However, the lecturer talks about disadvantages of working in a group.
Firstly, the passage claims that teams of individuals can pool their intellectual resources in order to arrive at superior decision through focused attention to the issue at hand. But, the lecturer says that the individual member of a group confirm own as a whole. Everyone in the group take decision which sometimes may be unsatisfactory. Also individual member's objection may be ignored.
Secondly, the passage states that the responsibility is spread around so that no particular member can be held responsible if the decision leads to failure. Although, the lecturer opines that a group member is invulnerable to responsibility.
Finally, the passage states that the effect of working with colleagues provide the necessary ambience for the brainstorming activities essential to good decision making. But, the lecturer states that in a group member always try to reassure own solution with other members. Individual thinking is ignored and what all members think is said to be correct.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 1.0 7.30242825607 14% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 8.0 22.412803532 36% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 977.0 1373.03311258 71% => OK
No of words: 181.0 270.72406181 67% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.39779005525 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.66791821706 4.04702891845 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.07198218914 2.5805825403 119% => OK
Unique words: 102.0 145.348785872 70% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.563535911602 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 305.1 419.366225166 73% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.8179841893 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.8181818182 110.228320801 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4545454545 21.698381199 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.72727272727 7.06452816374 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 4.19205298013 191% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.142824814517 0.272083759551 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0635227972274 0.0996497079465 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0424886518991 0.0662205650399 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0947526009934 0.162205337803 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0578711110384 0.0443174109184 131% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 46.78 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.74 12.2367328918 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.