Team work or Group work has always been the most important aspect of any corporate task or in normal scenario. It's because of the importance of this, team work has been an integral part of school or college education.
At college level, I still can't figure out the true learning from this. As the rules are not same at college level and at corporate level. The freeriding phenomenon is more prominent at college level. Without the presence of power in the hand of team leader and equal benefits to all the members of the group while at the corporate level, team leader has higher rewards as well as more power to stop free-riding of the involved members.
Although the benefits to members are there in both the case but presence of competition as well as differentiation in benefits to stakeholders in the group are not there at school or college level.
However, there is learning even after the absence of such policies at school/college level group tasks. The learning is there in form of motivating others for work, dealing with free-riding problem as well as better learning through team work. But when the things can be made much better and learning curve can be more steep after introducing such differentiation and competitive basis approach with presence of team leaders, why not follow the same.....
At college level, I still can't figure out the true learning from this. As the rules are not same at college level and at corporate level. The freeriding phenomenon is more prominent at college level. Without the presence of power in the hand of team leader and equal benefits to all the members of the group while at the corporate level, team leader has higher rewards as well as more power to stop free-riding of the involved members.
Although the benefits to members are there in both the case but presence of competition as well as differentiation in benefits to stakeholders in the group are not there at school or college level.
However, there is learning even after the absence of such policies at school/college level group tasks. The learning is there in form of motivating others for work, dealing with free-riding problem as well as better learning through team work. But when the things can be made much better and learning curve can be more steep after introducing such differentiation and competitive basis approach with presence of team leaders, why not follow the same.....
Oye i knw u hav a strong dislike for freeriders but yaar dont agree that in cllg/school benefits r equal..dont u rem u always got the highest rewards in cllg???
ReplyDeleteBut those benefits are notional and long term// Isn't it?
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