Does Groupthink Result in Poor Decision Making? Timothy Spencer Report submitted in partial fulfilment of the examination requirements for the award of BA (Hons) Tourism and Business Management. Awarded by the University of Hull. 5th May 2009 Abstract This report aimed to answer ‘Does Groupthink Result in Poor Decision Making?’ In order to do this research was carried out using the following methods: books‚ websites‚ journals and case studies (secondary sources); focus groups‚ team
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Avoiding the Groupthink Trap Remain impartial. The leader should not take a directive role but should remain impartial. Seek outside opinions. The leader should invite outside opinions from people who are not members of the group and who are less concerned with maintaining group cohesiveness. Create subgroups. The leader should divide the groups into subgroups that first meet separately and then meet together to discuss their different recommendations. Seek anonymous opinions. The
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situation‚ I can see that there are a couple of different examples of Groupthink occurring. First‚ Self-Censorship‚ which is when an individual decides not to say‚ or do something that may offend someone else. In our case‚ we didn’t want to get Susan going on a rant because we dared to oppose her. We were afraid of her. Trust me‚ we had seen it happen when someone clashed with her and it was not pretty. The second example of Groupthink as Irving Janus identified it is Illusions of Unanimity. In the
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Even though when we work in groups we usually strive for a harmonious and cooperative environment‚ this does not mean that an environment in which all members are in total agreement is desirable. The phenomenon termed groupthink describes the kind of situations in which each member of a group attempts to conform his/her opinion to what they believe to be the consensus of the group. Whereas this might be seen by some as a way of keeping the peace among group members‚ it is a rather negative attitude
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1. Groupthink 1.1 Definition Janis defines groupthink as “a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group‚ when members strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action.” His major proposition is that groups displaying most of the symptoms of groupthink are more likely to display symptoms of defective decision making‚ resulting in poor policy outcomes. The crucial determinant of groupthink
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Phuc Nguyen Professor Elizabeth Curry Final Draft Compare Juror #8 and Juror #3 One of the top one hundred movies of all time according to the American Film Institute (number 87 to be exact)‚ “12 Angry Men”‚ a play written by Reginald Rose‚ is considered a household classic today and the definition of a quality movie. Unlike many of the movies today‚ 12 Angry Men doesn’t use vulgar language‚ have raunchy sex scenes‚ or any type of real violence throughout the movie‚ but yet it is still considered
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There are several different ways to create awareness and teach others of mental illness and how it works. Seventy-two surveys were taken in 14 countries in order to determine what was the best way to combat stigma. In the end‚ it was shown that there was two ways that ended up working the best. Physical contact with a person with mental illness was one of them. One can see how this would be beneficial‚ when someone actually tries to learn with an open mind‚ lots of preset mindsets can
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Recommendations Based on the results generated from the multiple regression analysis of this research‚ there are few recommendations that can be implemented to combat the inflation in Malaysian economy. The recommendations are: 1. Malaysia government should focus on producing export goods than importing goods from other countries in order to encourage appreciation of Ringgit Malaysia currency value. In turn‚ it will decrease the inflation rate and trigger the purchasing power to other currencies
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The Perils of Groupthink and How to Avoid It. Groupthink is defined as a "mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group‚ when the members ’ strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically alternative courses of action" (Janis 9). The Bay of Pigs invasion‚ the escalation of the Vietnam War‚ and the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger have all been attributed to groupthink. Unfortunately‚ groupthink is usually attributed
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Erica Grover Tanza Bauer MBA 510 December 17‚ 2014 Question 2: Week 4 Groupthink Pitfalls of a group can be challenging to overcome but by learning from the past‚ assessing the current team‚ and preparing for challenges at team can overcome pitfalls and complete tasks and goals. Groupthink is the pitfall I worry our team my face. I worry about this one because doing this work online we are very isolated from each other and because we are not face to face maybe less inclined to challenge each other
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