COMM 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Decision-Making

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Communication Stds
• Course: COMM 330
• Professor: Kyle Heuett

Document Summary

Comm 330 wednesday and friday lecture (10/12, 10/14) Intrinsic interest: how interested in the project are the group members: difficult when there are different levels of interest and lack of interest, it would be easier if the levels were all the same. Group familiarity: how much do you know about the task, we te(cid:374)d to be (cid:373)ore fa(cid:373)iliar with a task whe(cid:374) it i(cid:374)terest"s us. Consensus: everyone in the group agrees on the decision. Compromise: both parties lose: not a good way to make a decision because no one is happy. Majority rules: most of the people get what they want. Authority rule: non-voting 3rd party looks at the decision and tells you what you should do if members can"t decide. Decision making vs. problem groups: proble(cid:373)s are(cid:374)"t a good thi(cid:374)g, decisions can be good or bad, problems usually only have one correct solution, decisions have many solutions. Difference perspectives on dealing with decisions: perspective 1: humanistic.