------------------------------------------------- SUBMITTED BY: DEVINA SIAL : H12074 KASTURI GHOSH : H12082 NANDINI UPADHYAY : H12090 PUNEET GUPTA : H12098 SARANSH SHARMA : H12106 SRILAKHI SAH : H12114 ANABEL BENJAMIN BARA: FH12001 GROUP COHESIVENESS FINAL REPORT Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 4 3. Hypothesis and Research Design 5 4. Data Collection and Collation 6 5. Hypothesis Testing 8 6. Conclusion 9 7. Drawbacks 9
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The Four Strategies for Group Cohesiveness: For group cohesiveness there are four strategies: Composition‚ Individual Benefits‚ Task Effectiveness and communication. I believe our group can effectively use these four strategies to help our group. Group composition is a mix of individuals that provides the best chemistry for interaction and achievement of a goal. In the way of group Composition I believe that our group is fairly reasonable. We have a group team leader in Travis to take charge
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The term groupthink originated in 1952 in Fortune magazine by the author William Whyte. The theory‚ however‚ was not researched or clearly defined until around 1972 by Irving Janis. Whyte acknowledged that groupthink was a definition in progress; Janis picked up and further developed the study many years later. Groupthink is defined as a group’s inability to make correct decisions as a result of the implied need for group cohesion. “Janis provides a series of statements that collectively are
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understanding by both parties of group norms would have enabled them to understand how mistakes were made and maybe how to fix them‚ possibly by enabling the Australians to including new behaviours into their group. We are discussing the concept of group norms in Daniel‚ C. Feldman’s article ‘The Development and Enforcement of Group Norms’. We will tie this in with Irving Janis’ concept of groupthink‚ which is arguably caused by the development and enforcement of group norms. Daniel Feldman (1984
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What Is the Difference Between Group Polarization and Groupthink? When we join together in groups‚ most times we have to make decisions about something the group will do. Social psychologists have discovered tendencies which we do while making group decisions. Two of theses tendencies are group polarization and groupthink. Group polarization refers to a situation in which the attitudes or decisions of people in the group come on much stronger than in actuality. Usually when people with different
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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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MEETINGS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO GROUPTHINK. FROM WHAT YOU HAVE READ IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY‚ HOW DOES GROUPTHINK AFFECT DECISION MAKING IN AN ORGANISATION THAT YOU KNOW? DUE: 14th JUNE‚ 2013. HOW DOES GROUPTHINK AFFECT DECISION MAKING IN AN ORGANASATION. Colman(2001) in a dictionary of psychology defines groupthink as “ a collective pattern of defensive avoidance ‚ characteristic of a group decision making in organisations in which group members develop rationalisations
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The Effect of Group Size towards Students’ Cheating Behaviour Ednalino‚ Merici L. Aribon‚ Margaret T. Ledesma‚ Chelsea Mabunga‚ Jewen Manalo‚ Jan Pauline Pahila‚ Deneb Kang You Ma Among students‚ one of the most prominent definitions for cheating is the act of taking an examination or a test in a dishonest manner through which one attempts to access answers in a fraudulent and inappropriate way. Students begin to develop the unethical behaviour as they set foot in middle school
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rein in the group during a meeting. In one case‚ we had a meeting to discuss whether we should start implementing a certain process.
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