As you reflect on the readings regarding group decision making, which problems are you most familiar...

As you reflect on the readings regarding group decision making, which problems are you most familiar with in your own experiences with making group decisions? What ideas have you gathered that will help reduce these group decision-making struggles in the future? Have you experienced groupthink? In your experience, what were the causes of this groupthink dynamic, and how would you prevent this specifically in your future group experiences?

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'Decision Making' can be defined as the process of analyzing the given situation and its alternatives and making decisions based on it by choosing the most suitable action. When this decision making is done together by more than two people, it is called 'Group Decision Making.'

Yes, I have been part of the groupthinking process on several occasions in school/college.

(A) Some of the common problems with the group decision making are-

As there are many people involved in making one decision, there is a failure in properly analyzing all the alternatives due to the main focus being - reaching a unanimous decision.
Due to a lot of discussion and brainstorming, the decision-making process in a group is slow.
There is a lack of visualization. With many members present, the future implications get ignored and the main focus is just to make a decision for the current situation.
Sometimes, there is a bias towards a particular alternative. This leads to improper analysis of the rest of the alternatives leading to a biased decision.

(B) Ways to reduce these group decision making struggles are-

Take time to analyze all the alternatives carefully so that the chance of a biased decision reduces to a minimum.
There should be a healthy debate where all the members of the group are heard. It is important to listen to and acknowledge every members' idea to reach a common, unbiased decision.
Make a leader in the group which can guide the group to a fair decision.

(C) Causes of such experiences in the group thinking dynamics are as follows-

Usually, a large number of people in a group leads to a chaotic experience. This leads to ineffective decision making.
Many a time, some people in the group are not able to share their different viewpoints as the majority of the group is inclined towards one decision.

(D) How to prevent these problems specifically in my future group exercise-

By hearing out the opinions of each and every member in the group.
Encouraging debate.
Proper analysis of all the given alternatives.
Charting out the given alternatives in order to promote effective visualization.
Making a leader in the group to guide the group towards an unbiased decision.'
In case of a large group, resort to the voting method in order to understand the ideas and preferences of each and every member.

Rahul Sunny answered 1 year ago

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