SCENARIO 12-2 Your Organization Is Considering the Use of Group

question 71

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 12-2 Your organization is considering the use of group decision making.You have read extensively in the literature and are trying to inform your manager about the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making.
You have observed that the group tends to arrive at consensus very quickly and you know that the group is very cohesive.You conclude that they may be suffering from

• A)inefficiency syndrome.
• B)groupshift.
• C)disintegrating norms.
• D)groupthink.
• E)rationalization.

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