When questioning the participants of your in-service program on the disadvantages of working in groups, which response by participants would indicate that further teaching is needed? "Some of the disadvantages of working in groups include:
a. the fact that working in groups can be time consuming and it can foster dependency.".
b. a potential for personality conflicts and for individual
opinions to be influenced byothers.".
c. promotion of ownership of problems and solutions.".
d. inequity of time to share individual information and dependency may be fostered.".
C
Some known disadvantages of group and group decision making are that individual opinions and
thoughts are influenced by others, dependency may be fostered, they are time consuming, there is an
inequity of time available for individuals to share information or opinions, and there is the potential for
personality conflicts. An advantage of groups is the promotion of ownership of solutions and
problems, not a disadvantage.
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