本帖最后由 yuminjia 于 2010-1-4 19:06 编辑
1.4 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A person should never make an important decision alone. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
There’s an old saying that the power of the individual is less stronger than the sum of the whole team. Considering the negative effects brought by making decision alone, I completely agree with the statement that we shouldn't make an important decision alone, thus leading to some unpredictable consequences.
To begin with, it is undeniable that the power of whole team is much stronger than of a individual. If I were left to make a choice, I would like to discuss with my friends or my team members. Take my own experience for example. when I planned to continue my postgraduate study and applied for some universities in the USA, although I had some dream schools already, I still turned to my uncle who lived there for many years for some suggestions. Because he could offer me some useful information about the which school had more reputation and would gave me more competitive edge when I would find job after my graduation. Based on those information and some suggestions he provided to me, I could make a wiser choice when I faced sorts of introduction from universities.
Furthermore, it is also indisputable that the suggestions of others sometimes will be helpful for your reference. Meanwhile, you can have a decision under a more objective circumstance. take my team leader for instance. though he was our manager and he could make choice without any suggestions from his subordinates, he usually would call us to sit around table and listened to our various opinions. He told me that all those opinions could help him make decision more intelligent, avoiding some subjective basis.
Finally, it is common that someone who makes decision alone sometimes will have unimaginable effects. There are countless adverse instances. there's a famous business case in China about a IT company named Golden Apple. its director made an unsuitable strategy alone without listening to the suggestions from its board, thus losing a huge profits when competing with its rivals. This company finally bankrupted as the result of this default.
Judging from the evidences I offered above, it is obvious that the superiority of making decisions before listening to others' suggestions preponderates over the effect of making decisions alone. Therefore, it is better for us to discuss with our team members or friends first, then to make our objective decision. |