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“All groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares
responsibilities and duties. Giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task is not an
effective way to get work done.”

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In modern corporations, group work is an essential component for reaching stated goal quickly and in more creative way. However, there is a factor to be considered for a better operation of a team inside the company: who should have the central authority one person or everybody in a team?
I disagree with the author statement that giving one person central authority is not an effective way to get work done for several reasons.

Firstly, in every group, members that work very close to each other tend to have work related and personal relations conflicts that are not easily to be resolved. In order for the company to maintain good organizational culture and stable work environment, it's important for the team to have a leader. For instance, working on a new campaign for some retail product, two groups of people within a team have conflicting ideas about the way the product should be marketed, in this situation, leader that have more authority should cross examine both groups to understand the core of the conflict and find the best solution for the problem.

Secondly, in a process of reaching particular goal, group members can get to involved in a process of brainstorming, so they would completely forget about the deadline for the goal. Keeping in mind the date until the project should be done is the most important thing for the successful completion of any task. This is the other reason, why one person in a group should have more responsibilities like creating daily plans, monitoring work each team member is doing, making sure all assignments are completed by needed time. For instance, taking part in a marketing campaign in college, taught me that every individual in a group has its own way of getting the work done, also the level of motivation is different that's why some team members manage to make the work done faster than the less motivated ones. That's why it's extremely important to monitor each member individually, so later on have a progress as a group.

However, giving responsibility and authority just to one member in a group can lead to negative consequences in some situations. For example, when leader of a group has very bad personal characteristics such as being too arrogant, not being able to listen to the other opinions, giving so much authority to one person might even slow down progress in a group and demotivate group members to work hard on the overall goal.

To conclude, there are some insignificant disadvantages in giving authority just to one person, however advantages overweight everything. Leader is a necessary person in a company to help create positive environment in a group, encourage each group member individually to do work better and make sure that all the assignments are completed by particular time. That's why I disagree with the author that giving central authority to one person is ineffective way to get all the work done.

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