TPO 02 Integrated Writing Task 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

The reading and the lecture are talking about a way to approach certain new projects in many organizations, which is team working. The reading talks about many advantages of that. However, the lecture has different opinion that is shown in an example about one of the companies.
First, the reading says that team members have wider knowledge and skills, which allow them to take risky decisions, that lead to creative solutions. In addition to that their performance will be quicker due to higher number of workers. In contrast, the lecture says that in his example, the work was not quick because they spend a lot of time trying to arrange time for meeting, and the also had many meeting to have an agreement between team members.
Second, the reading says that team working is rewarding to all members. It says that for those who prefer to take decision, they will feel better about carrying out the work that they decide rather than doing a worh that imposed on them by others. In the other hand, all team members have a chance to contribute and to be recognized due to far-reaching result of the team. According to the professor, the recognition was not for the members who did a good job, but it was for the whole team, so they had a bad feeling about that. He adds that in the team, there were two or three influncers who affected the whole team work. When they had a positive thinking about an idea, they will push the team to do it, but in the other hand, if they were against the idea, they will drop it even if it was the good one, and even if the team members were with it.