Mastering Group Decision Making

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According to the text, why is expertise considered to be emerging from social relationships in knowledge-intensive settings?

  • Because social relationships are the only way to obtain credentials as an expert.
  • Because individuals are not capable of acquiring expertise on their own.
  • Because experts in these settings transcend established procedures and share information. (correct)
  • Because expertise is only relevant in social contexts.

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  • Group decision making involves a series of phases.
  • B.A. Fisher proposed a model with four phases: orientation, conflict, emergence, and reinforcement.
  • The orientation phase involves becoming acquainted with the problem and each other.
  • The conflict phase involves presenting and debating possible solutions.
  • The emergence phase involves reaching consensus.
  • The reinforcement phase involves supporting the decision.
  • Stage models assume a rigid and unitary sequence of group activities.
  • Some theorists object to phase models and argue for variation depending on the decision being made.
  • Poole and his colleagues developed a multiple sequence model for decision paths.
  • The three major types of group decision paths are presented in Table 8.

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