Electronic Brainstorming Tends to Reduce the Adverse Effects of Evaluation

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Essay

Electronic brainstorming tends to reduce the adverse effects of evaluation apprehension and production blocking that occur in traditional team decision-making sessions.Explain how these two concepts adversely affect traditional team decision making and why they are less likely to occur in electronic brainstorming.

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Definitions:

Equivalent Unit

A concept used in cost accounting to represent the portion of a product, in terms of material, labor, or overhead costs, completed within a given period, facilitating cost analysis.

Assembly Department

A division within a manufacturing facility where components are assembled into final products or where significant assembly activity takes place.

First-In, First-Out Method

An inventory valuation method where the goods first produced or acquired are sold or used before newer inventory.

Equivalent Units

A method used in process costing to convert partially completed goods into a comparable number of fully completed units.