Have you ever been part of a group that had some of the characteristics that could lead to groupthink? Describe the group and the characteristics of groupthink it had. Based on what you now know, what can you do to ensure a group you are in does not allow groupthink to impact its decision-making?

Watch the video: Ted Talk: How Groups Make Good Decisions. This video describes the power of group decision-making. Next watch the video: Groupthink – The Challenger Disaster. This video focuses on a potential danger of groups called group think using the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster as an illustrative example.

What is a situation where individual decision making probably works better than group decision making.

Describe a situation where you participated in a successful group decision that was “better” than an individual decision would have been. What made it “better?’

Have you ever been part of a group that had some of the characteristics that could lead to groupthink? Describe the group and the characteristics of groupthink it had. Based on what you now know, what can you do to ensure a group you are in does not allow groupthink to impact its decision-making?

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