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A courier service laid off a large percentage of its production staff during last year's recession.These low-skilled employees performed routine tasks filling orders.The company now wants to rehire them.However,most of the unskilled employees have since found employment in other companies and industries.Do you think the courier company lost much organisational memory in this situation? Explain your answer.


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Deindividuation

A psychological state characterized by a loss of self-awareness and diminished sense of personal responsibility, often occurring in group settings.

Deindividuation

Deindividuation is a psychological state where an individual loses their self-awareness and sense of individuality, often leading to disinhibited behavior.

Submerged

This term relates to something being beneath the surface of water or another liquid; it can also metaphorically refer to something being hidden or not visible at the surface level.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, where the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

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