1. YOUR GROUPS
POSITIVE RESULTS |
NEGATIVE RESULTS

2. TEAMS
(AI) (GII)
HIERARCHICAL PDM
TEAM

3. HIERARCHICAL TEAM (AI)
GOAL
GOAL GOAL GOAL
TASK TASK TASK TASK TASK TASK
“TEAMWORK IS A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING WHAT I SAY.”
(MKT.EXEC, CITRIX CORPORATION)

4. PARTICIPATIVE DECISION MAKING (PDM)
POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES:
GREATER INFORMATION
MORE APPROACHES
INCREASED ACCEPTANCE
BETTER COMPREHENSION OF DECISION

5. POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGES: PREMATURE DECISIONS INDIVIDUAL DOMINATION
PDM
POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGES:
PREMATURE DECISIONS
INDIVIDUAL DOMINATION
CONFLICTING SOLUTIONS
PRIOR COMMITMENT
AMBIGUOUS RESPONSIBILITY

6. PDM
+OR -?
DISAGREEMENT
CONFLICTS
TAKING RISKS
TIME REQUIREMENTS

7. PDM
WHEN TO USE?
VROOM-YETTON MODEL

8. PDM WHEN TO USE (NORMAN MEIER)
GROUP
CONFERENCE
LEADERSHIP
HIGH
ACCEPTANCE
FLIP
COIN
EXPERT/
LEADER
LOW
LOW
HIGH
QUALITY

9. ***TRAINED GROUP*** PDM PRECONDITION: COMMUNICATION TRUST ACTIVE
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
PROBLEM SOLVING

10. COMPONENTS OF PDM LEADER SELECT PARTICIPANTS (QUALIFIED)
STATE CONSTRAINTS
LEADER NOT STATE OPINION

11. COMPONENTS OF PDM PROTECT QUALITY PROTECT ACCEPTANCE
MANAGE VOCAL PEOPLE
DRAW OUT QUIET
MANAGE MEETING

12. PDM: EFFECTIVE ACTIVITIES
Listen to understand
Willingness to change position
All members generally participating
Trying out new ideas on each other
Finding stimulation in disagreement
Interacting and reaching consensus

13. PDM: INEFFECTIVE ACTIVITIES
Selling preferred opinions
Listening to refute/not listening at all
Defending one’s position to the end
A few members dominating
Reacting unfavorably to disagreement
Converting others by 1-to-1 attempts