underground
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Did anyone watch this on Channel 4? I thought it was very interesting, although I wasn't too sure whether in the end it illustrated the successes or failing of either method of motivation.
(for anyone who didn't watch it, it was basically two groups of unmotivated, undisciplined lads, out in the wilds, having to perform various tasks comprising hard work and pain. One group, under the instruction of some military personnel, were severely punished should they fail in their tasks (the stick) whilst the others, under the instruction of some new age type guru, were rewarded should they succeed, the idea being, Which method worked best?).
One thing it did make me think though, was that the reward method could lead to selfishness and lack of team spirit, which was illustrated by one lad Graham, the 'weakest' of the carrot team, becoming very demotivated and upset when one of his fellows decided to blame him for a lack of reward and demotivate him / destroy his already low confidence yet further. It wasn't nice to see that happening at all..... I wanted to give the blonde dreadlocked tw*t a taste of his own medicine.
(for anyone who didn't watch it, it was basically two groups of unmotivated, undisciplined lads, out in the wilds, having to perform various tasks comprising hard work and pain. One group, under the instruction of some military personnel, were severely punished should they fail in their tasks (the stick) whilst the others, under the instruction of some new age type guru, were rewarded should they succeed, the idea being, Which method worked best?).
One thing it did make me think though, was that the reward method could lead to selfishness and lack of team spirit, which was illustrated by one lad Graham, the 'weakest' of the carrot team, becoming very demotivated and upset when one of his fellows decided to blame him for a lack of reward and demotivate him / destroy his already low confidence yet further. It wasn't nice to see that happening at all..... I wanted to give the blonde dreadlocked tw*t a taste of his own medicine.