"The Abilene Paradox" Refers to ______

question 54

Multiple Choice

"The Abilene Paradox" refers to ______.

• A) when a group embarks on a trip
• B) when an organization takes action contrary to what they want to do and defeats their original purpose
• C) when an organization takes small steps to achieve a civil dialogue and collective agreement
• D) when an organization achieves its best potential to make the best decision possible

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Definitions:

Pyranoses

Ring forms of six-membered sugar molecules that result from intramolecular hemiacetal formation, where the oxygen atom is part of the ring.

Furanoses

Ring forms of monosaccharides (sugars) that contain a five-membered ring typically including an oxygen atom.

Glucose

A basic form of sugar that serves as a crucial source of energy for living beings and a fundamental element of numerous carbohydrates.

Cyclic Hemiacetal

A cyclic organic compound formed from the reaction of an alcohol with an aldehyde or ketone, characterized by a carbon atom bonded to an oxygen (in hydroxy group), another oxygen (in ether group), a hydrogen, and an alkyl or aryl group.