BU288 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Group Decision-Making, Decision-Making, Group Polarization
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Gather relevant data (must be useful data) Rogers mission: nasa was under budget pressures, was a media event. Cause us the (cid:373)ost pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t use progra(cid:373)s to sol(cid:448)e the(cid:373) How to identify problem: find relevant info look at text. Group decision making: the romance of teams and how it can solve problems. Decision acceptance and commitment: ppl wish to be involved in the decisions that will affect them. There is group diversity, division of labour occurs, memory for fact is important. For a group to be effective: less than 10. Groupthink: pressure to damage the mental efficiency and moral judgment on the decision making groups. Conform bc of belonging norms, diffusion of responsibility (blame put on everyone) Warning signs of group think: feeling under pressure, defensiveness, isolate external sources/information, what you are doing feels morally right, minimize the expression of doubt, create illusion of self-censorship. Process: initial conditions >> conformity >> characteristics or groupthink>> groupthink leads to defective decision making.
