Some people like to work in teams. Others prefer to work alone. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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There
are two types of working. One of them is working with a
group
, another one is working individually.
Although
some people prefer to
work
alone, I believe it is much better to
work
in teams. If we compare these two working types, the benefits of
team
cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective)
teamwork
work
are more than those of working alone. The advantages of working with a
group
can be found below.
Firstly
, I prefer working in a
team
because
team
work
allows a
person
to
work
according to his or her strength. Since the
group
members apply their strong sides to the
work
, the completion time will be faster.
For instance
, I was involved in a car design
project
several years ago. One
person
made engineering calculations to understand which parts are critical
for
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to
our design, I made the drawings of the car components, and another friend of mine made the presentation of our
project
to the professor. He gave us a good response and additional points since we completed our
work
before the due date. To be more precise, we did a good job, because we divided the
work
according to our strong sides. Another reason why I prefer to
work
with a
group
is that I think that
this
type of
work
establishes a better relationship between the
team
members. As humans, socialization is important for us and working with a
team
gives us a chance to improve our relationship. When people are in a
team
, they have to communicate with each other at each step of the process.
For example
, in our
last
year elective course, I made new friends because we were involved in a
team
project
together. Thanks to the
project
, we did build a good relationship among each other, and we are still in touch.
Lastly
,
team
work
improves the sense of responsibility. All
group
members are aware that their performance affects the
group
, so all
group
members try to do their best and
work
hard to get better results.
For example
, a few years ago, some of my friends and I participated in a competition which was related to optimization. Since there were a lot of things to do, we divided the topics among each other. We did not have enough information about one of the shared parts.
However
, a
person
who got that subject made a lot of effort to learn the topic well. He attended online courses and read books related to that field. Eventually, he accomplished a great job. What I am trying to say is that in a
group
working, even if a
person
does not have enough information related to his or her working area, he or she may learn the things with his or her effort because he or she knows that a mistake will cause negative outcomes. In conclusion, working with a
team
makes the things easier and helps the people
work
more happily. If we take into account all these factors, we may reach the conclusion that working in a
group
has more advantages than working alone.

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