The Potential Advantages of Group Decision Making by Consensus and Unanimity

question 35

True/False

The potential advantages of group decision making by consensus and unanimity include more knowledge and expertise being applied to the problem, more alternatives being considered, greater understanding and acceptance of the final decision, and more commitment among group members to make the final decision work.

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Definitions:

Critical Theory

A philosophical approach to culture, literature, and art that seeks to confront social, historical, and ideological forces and structures.

Social Control

Mechanisms, strategies, and institutions society uses to regulate individual and group behaviors to conform to and enforce norms and rules.

Administered

Managed or directed; the implementation and execution of rules, operations, or care by an individual or authority.

Frankfurt School

A group of mid-20th-century theorists who combined Marxist economic analysis with Freudian psychoanalysis to critique culture and society.