Posts Tagged ‘Social loafing’
Hot posts this week (Oct. 30/2014)
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 8, 2014
Hot posts this week (Oct. 30/2014)
Parting thoughts again? Of the exiting US diplomat William Burns
- Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) and Simple Logic
- Most potent Queen of all times: 16th century Catherine of Medicis of France (1519-89)
- Social loafing effect: Two horses do not pull twice the force of a single one
- NASA Confirms: What do you plan to do during the 6 days of Total Darkness starting on Dec.16?
- Why Palestinians in West Bank feel trampled and humiliated by Israel settlers?
- Handle Expectations with care
- Overflow your Enemy with massive pieces of intelligence and information
- Cuba sent early on more Health workers to Ebola afflicted West Africa than the USA did
- How certain Bonuse systems destroy Motivation?
Social loafing effect: Two horses do not pull twice the force of a single one
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 29, 2014
Social loafing effect: Two horses do not pull twice the force of a single one
When 8 people pull on a rope, each one tends to apply only 50% of his potential
How much idleness can we get away when working in a team, and how big the team before we notice the idle people?
Teams should be composed of different specialized professionals so that failure could be traced back to the culprit.
Otherwise, each member will easily cover for the deficient member since it would require too much time and effort to investigate all the members.
Consequently, teams take bigger risk than individual do because of the diffusion of responsibility effect.
Read: The Art of Thinking Clear
