Group Decision Making Objectives

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What is the term for the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?

Groupthink (correct)

Decision conferencing

Risky shift

Illusion of invulnerability

Which phenomenon refers to groups trend to make riskier decisions than individuals?

Groupthink

Risky shift (correct)

Collective rationalisation

Illusion of invulnerability

What does unstructured group processes refer to?

Meetings of decision makers with no control over the flow of discussion or use of structured decision making methods (correct)

Tendency of groups to make poor decisions due to social pressures

Excessive optimism and taking extreme risks

Groups making riskier decisions than individuals

What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?

Groupthink (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which method uses a socially interactive approach to generate a shared understanding of a problem and produce a commitment to action?

Decision conferencing (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the potential dangers of group decision making?

Group decisions tend to be influenced by individual biases (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the USS Scorpion example used for?

To illustrate the dangers of groupthink in decision making (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main concern with groupthink in decision making?

It leads to poor quality decisions due to conformity (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the advantages of group decision making?

It allows for complementary knowledge and skills (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem relate to?

The challenges and limitations of group decision making (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which phenomenon refers to the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?

Groupthink (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?

Higher probability of groupthink (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the potential dangers of group decision making?

Possibility of making extraordinarily poor decisions (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem relate to?

Challenges in aggregating individual preferences into a collective choice (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does the USS Scorpion example demonstrate?

The effectiveness of averaging individual estimates (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?

Groupthink (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which symptom of groupthink involves the false assumption that silence implies consent?

Shared illusion of unanimity (D) Signup and view all the answers

What method uses a socially interactive approach to generate a shared understanding of a problem and produce a commitment to action?

Decision conferencing (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?

Groupthink (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which phenomenon refers to groups tending to make riskier decisions than individuals?

Risky shift phenomenon (A) Signup and view all the answers

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What is the term for the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?

Which phenomenon refers to groups trend to make riskier decisions than individuals?

What does unstructured group processes refer to?

What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?

Which method uses a socially interactive approach to generate a shared understanding of a problem and produce a commitment to action?

What is one of the potential dangers of group decision making?

What is the USS Scorpion example used for?

What is the main concern with groupthink in decision making?

What is one of the advantages of group decision making?

What does Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem relate to?

Which phenomenon refers to the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?

What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?

What is one of the potential dangers of group decision making?

What does Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem relate to?

What does the USS Scorpion example demonstrate?

What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?

Which symptom of groupthink involves the false assumption that silence implies consent?

What method uses a socially interactive approach to generate a shared understanding of a problem and produce a commitment to action?

What is the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?

Which phenomenon refers to groups tending to make riskier decisions than individuals?

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