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karmayogi
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Essay"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."
My answer
The speaker thinks that for a project or task a team in which everyone takes decisions and shared responsibilities is better than a team in which only a person having central authority and responsibility. I totally disagree from the authors point of view, for several reasons.
Firstly, a group in which everyone takes decision is totally different from law of nature. Take any animal on this planet, we will find that, when they stay in a group only a single person or, at least, a group of few individuals controls the complete authority of the group and takes all decisions. Human beings are also animals only, but social animals. We stay as a group, and we also have the same structure as other animals. Be it family or work place, everywhere there is a head of the group. Even though everyone in the group might have a say, but final decision are taken by the head of organization or family only.
Secondly, we all are human beings and none of us think, mostly, inferior than others. We all think we can take decisions. Considering this fact, if we give everyone authority to take decision then everyone will have his or her own opinion, and we will never arrive to any decision. In organization such as Army, the need of a leader is of paramount importance. On the battle ground, in the range enemies fire, instant decisions are required; if everyone in the troupe start taking the decision then defeat is inevitable.
Up to some extent and in certain industories such software industory, it's good to have everyone say in any matter, but again the final decision has to be taken by the lead. A lead should listen to everyone and consult with everyone on critical matters, but the ultimate decisions has to be taken by the head only.
As cited above, I don't agree with the speaker that everyone in a team should take decisions, rather a single person should have the authority to take final decision on the behalf of the organization.
My answer
The speaker thinks that for a project or task a team in which everyone takes decisions and shared responsibilities is better than a team in which only a person having central authority and responsibility. I totally disagree from the authors point of view, for several reasons.
Firstly, a group in which everyone takes decision is totally different from law of nature. Take any animal on this planet, we will find that, when they stay in a group only a single person or, at least, a group of few individuals controls the complete authority of the group and takes all decisions. Human beings are also animals only, but social animals. We stay as a group, and we also have the same structure as other animals. Be it family or work place, everywhere there is a head of the group. Even though everyone in the group might have a say, but final decision are taken by the head of organization or family only.
Secondly, we all are human beings and none of us think, mostly, inferior than others. We all think we can take decisions. Considering this fact, if we give everyone authority to take decision then everyone will have his or her own opinion, and we will never arrive to any decision. In organization such as Army, the need of a leader is of paramount importance. On the battle ground, in the range enemies fire, instant decisions are required; if everyone in the troupe start taking the decision then defeat is inevitable.
Up to some extent and in certain industories such software industory, it's good to have everyone say in any matter, but again the final decision has to be taken by the lead. A lead should listen to everyone and consult with everyone on critical matters, but the ultimate decisions has to be taken by the head only.
As cited above, I don't agree with the speaker that everyone in a team should take decisions, rather a single person should have the authority to take final decision on the behalf of the organization.
Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divine within.
--By Swami Vivekananda
--By Swami Vivekananda
