Your Organization Is Considering the Use of Team Decision Making

question 53

Multiple Choice

Your organization is considering the use of team decision making. You have read the literature on decision making and are trying to inform your manager about the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making.
-You should expect to find that__________ .

• A) group discussions will be shared equally
• B) group decision making will be faster
• C) group decision making will be very costly
• D) groups will find reaching a decision to be less effortful than individuals
• E) there will be increased acceptance of the decision

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Definitions:

Double Fertilization

Fertilization as it occurs in flowering plants; one sperm cell fuses with an egg, and a second sperm cell fuses with the endosperm mother cell.

Zygote

The cell formed by the fusion of two gametes; the earliest stage of embryonic development in sexually reproducing organisms.

Endosperm

A tissue produced inside the seeds of most flowering plants following fertilization, which acts as a food store for the developing embryo.

Oxidative Tissue Damage

Tissue impairment caused by reactive oxygen species leading to cellular dysfunction and disease.