Decision Making Creativity, and Ethics Contrast the Strengths and Weaknesses of Group Decision Making

Do you Think Two Heads are Better Than One?

Group vs. the Individual Highly used in Organizations But are group decisions preferable to those made by one individual along? The answer depends on a number of factors Another consideration will be if people are more creative when they work along or with other

Group vs the Individual

Strengths of Group Decision Making Groups generate more complete information and knowledge with more input into the decision process. They offer increased diversities of views, for more opportunities and approaches. Groups lead to increased acceptance of a solution. Please highlight and open hyperlink to watch one minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRUxUWBqYD4 Now answer the question: What are the strengths of Group Decision Making?

Weaknesses of Group Decision Making Time consuming to reach a solution There are conformity pressures Can be dominated by on of a few members Group decision suffer from ambiguous responsibility

What are the weaknesses of Group Decision Making?

Contrast the Strengths and Weaknesses

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