the tendency of highly cohesive groups to value consensus at the price of decision quality
What is groupthink
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Who introduced brainstorming:?
The process of brainstorming was introduced by advertising executive Alex Osborn in 1939.
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How can you make a team member's contribution more noticeable?
a) reduce size of team
b) measuring each member's performance
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What level of team cohesion occurs when members have norms compatible w/ organizational values?
a) high team cohesion
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Meaning that expectations from members of a community have from each other in social control and social order by exerting a pressure on the individual to conform which has inappropriate values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors. Moreover, it respects for others' viewpoints
What is norms?
200
When does groupthink most often occur?
- when the team is isolated from outsiders
- the team leader is opinionated, rather than impartial
- the team is under stress due to an external threat
- the team has experienced recent failures or other decision making problems
- the team lacks guidance from corporate policies or procedures
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What are the four simple rules to maximize the number and quality of the ideas being brainstormed?
1.Speak freely
2. don't criticize others' ideas
3. provide as many ideas as possible
4. work on ideas that others presented
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When does social loafing occur?
a) when people exert less effort when working in a team than alone
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What are the 5 influence of team cohesion?
a) similar members, team size, member interaction, somewhat difficult entry, team success
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How are norms developed in the workplace?
When teams form in order to predict others through their attitude and behaviors
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What is a desire of groupthink?
desire for harmony
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It is a variation of brainstorming that relies on networked computers to submit and share creative ideas.
What is electronic brainstorming?
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How is social loafing more likely to happen?
a) group is too large
b) members performance aren't noticed
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Which influence would make members feel prestige?
a) somewhat difficult entry
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What is important in group when applying norms?
Helping members of the discipline to coordinate their actions or activities and to establish the public's trust of the discipline.