4 seconds? After an impact involving a non-functioning satellite‚ a paint chip leaves the surface of the satellite at a speed of 96 m/s. After 17 seconds‚ how far has the chip landed? The space shuttle Endeavor is launched to altitude of 500 km above the surface of the earth. The shuttle travels at an average rate of 700 m/s. How long will it take for Endeavor to reach its orbit? How long will your trip take (in hours) if you travel 350 km at an average speed of 80 km/hr?
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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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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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Due: November 5‚ 2013 Introduction The end of the space shuttle program has brought a great loss to NASA and the employee at the Kennedy Space Center. This loss not only effect the direct employees but have also effect the contractors at Alliant Techsystem‚ whom was task with much of the construction of the Ares rocket that would catapult the Orion capsule and known as one of the most established supplier for NASA. As the space shuttle program come to an end‚ ATK started collecting data from
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GROUPTHINK THEORY Groupthink is a concurrence-seeking tendency that can deter collective decision-making processes and lead to poor decisions that induce fiascos‚ (Janis‚ 1972‚ 1982). Janis (1972) defined groupthink as "a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group‚ when the members’ strivings for agreement override their motivation to realistically review alternative courses of action. Janis listed eight symptoms of group think: Illusions of invulnerability
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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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Group Presentation: Groupware Fiasco B.C. Polk State College Abstract The Groupware fiasco begins with a struggling human sciences and humanities department at a university that has just experienced radical changes. The dean of the HSH division‚ Dr. Susan Pollard‚ enlists Dr. Eve Gordon to increase the efficiency of the division in her absence and decides the division’s secretaries - suffering from poor communication‚ gossip and animosity about unfair workloads
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The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster – Organisational Causes Introduction The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster has been well investigated and analysed as a typical management case by numerous researchers. Although the disaster is the direct result of a technical issue‚ the hardware failure of a solid rocket booster (SRB) O-ring caused by abnormally low temperatures‚ there is an unambiguous relationship between the disaster and numerous organizational factors such as communication (Gouran et
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American International Group and the Bonus Fiasco On September 16‚ 2008 AIG suffered a liquidity crisis following the downgrade of its credit rating. In response‚ the federal government allotted AIG 85 billion in a bailout to keep the firm afloat in exchange for an equity stake in the company. In a very controversial move‚ AIG paid out more than 500 million in salaries and bonuses to senior employees after accepting the federal assistance money. This outraged the public‚ and in turn politicians
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Groupthink is a deterioration of mental efficiency‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgment that results from in-group pressure (Verderber‚ Verderber‚ & Sellnow‚ 2011). Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanize other groups (Miller‚ 2010). A group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background‚ when the group is insulated from outside opinions‚ and when there are no clear rules for decision making (Miller
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