GMAT真题:2010年8月作文（至8.26）（一）

　　8.22 AI(一)

　　1. stan_yu 760; volcanobird; AppleStrudel; silence05 4次

　　“The most effective way for managers to assign work is to divide complex tasks into their simpler component parts. This way, each worker completes a small portion of the task but contributes to the whole.” (pool第107题)

　　提纲：

　　1. 每个员工都目标明确因此更有效率

　　2. 缺乏全局观念也可能出现协调上的困难

　　3. 好的leader好的分配是前提和保证

　　case by case.

　　1. 有些庞大的工程big and complex project，需要人们把工作细分，a, 单独的人没有力量完成，会take much more time，团队之间合作更有利于完成整个任务。b, 每个人可以做自己最擅长的工作。each member can choose the part that she or he are good at. 这样就整体上eliminate the total amount of time to complete the whole task.

　　2. 但很多工作不适合仅仅literally divide拆分。在要求连贯的coherent reasoning. 各个部分之间close related. 所以，第一，需要整个小组的人进行有效的communication，第二，需要对团队整个collective goal的adequate comprehension，第三，保证这两条的必要条件prerequisite to meet the two needs is 团队合理的人数，不能过多，也不能过少。第四，要有一个team leader，负责指挥和协调工作provide effective guide and lead the team to adhere to the collective goal (common purpose).

　　phrases:

　　fragment work into small units; Distinct divisions of labor; stifle creativity; undermine self-motivation and pride in one’s work; collaboration=cooperation;

　　Of course, unproductive employees can be replaced. But replacement is costly; and high employee turnover is bad for organizational morale.-----用在对员工缺乏效率时的补充，很有用!!

　　View1: work division and assignment is an efficient way to get things done. However, merely dividing work among workers can not assure the final accomplishment of the task.

　　Evidence: fragmenting work into small units leads to employee alienation, Those responsible for only a detailed component of a project can easily lose sight of larger organizational goals and their own importance in achieving them. then become less committed to their work, and less productive. In addition, the lack of overall conception may lead to adjusting difficulties. Moreover, Compartmentalizing tasks can stifle cooperation.

　　View2: However, team work is not to simply add one component to another, but to organically conform all components together.

　　--from 5月JJ

　　2. mollymolly 730; 郑晓青;girlwithwings; joey19880204; wangjing726 5次

　　Many people complain that we depend too much on computers, however, computers are continually improving our lives.

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　　“In this age of automation, many people complain that humans are becoming subservient to machines. But, in fact, machines are continually improving our lives.” (pool第20题)

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