Managers Can Use a Variety of Techniques in Group Decision-Making

question 41

Essay

Managers can use a variety of techniques in group decision-making situations to counteract situations in which the group is suffering from groupthink or cognitive biases. Two such techniques have been shown to be especially useful in such situations. Discuss these two techniques.

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