GROUPTHINK THEORY Groupthink is a concurrence-seeking tendency that can deter collective decision-making processes and lead to poor decisions that induce fiascos‚ (Janis‚ 1972‚ 1982). Janis (1972) defined groupthink as "a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group‚ when the members’ strivings for agreement override their motivation to realistically review alternative courses of action. Janis listed eight symptoms of group think: Illusions of invulnerability
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FLYING SHUTTLE ` Many of us will have studied the Industrial Revolution at schools and heard of the ‘Flying Shuttle’. Well what is it and why was it such an important invention? * A single person operating a loom from home‚ could only produce a piece of cloth that was as wide as their outstretched arms because they had to be able to throw the shuttle‚ carrying the weft‚ the horizontal yarn‚ through the waft‚ the vertical yarn and catch it. * If wider cloth was needed it took two or
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Case Analysis 1. Which strategy- cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ or focus- is Shuttle America following? Explain. We think Shuttle America maintained its focus. Even though they had lots of competitors in the United States‚ they never took their eye of the prize. They remained focused even though looking for their startup capital was hard to produce in the first place. And in order to care for their patronizing customers‚ they kept their mechanics internally‚ meaning‚ they never hired outside
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Abstract President Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most powerful speeches on the tragedy of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. In his speech‚ Reagan was able to unite the country during a time of extreme heartache and tragedy. Through his exceptional use of language‚ President Reagan delivered a speech that will forever be remembered for its consoling power. President Reagan gave this memorable speech on the Challenger on the day of the crash‚ January 28th‚ 1986. He had been scheduled
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Surprises Found in Studying Groupthink There are many things that groups of people are capable of that might be surprising to someone who has not studied the theory. As there have been more tests throughout the theories history‚ scientist have found fascinating results. The first interesting discovery made while studying groupthink is‚ “Group deliberation often produces worse decisions than can be obtained without deliberation. (Often enough for epistemic concern.)” (Solomon‚ 2006). Despite most
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terrible decision? You may have been part of a groupthink event. Groupthink is a term coined by Psychologist Irving Janis. He determined cohesive groups try to maintain unanimity rather than utilize all data to make a good decision (Whyte‚ 2000). Some historic examples of groupthink are the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Iranian hostage rescue attempt‚ and the Holocaust. The attack on Pearl Harbor may have been thwarted‚ or damage minimized‚ if groupthink was not present. Ambassador Grew sent a warning
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concurrence-seeking becomes so dominant in a cohesive ingroup that it tends to override realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action”1. The group’s original purpose of creation becomes more and more ineffective as long as groupthink festers without treatment. What is groupthink exactly? According to psychologists is “deterioration in mental efficiency‚ reality testing and moral judgments as a result of group pressures”1. In simpler terms it is the fear of ruining group cohesion and uniformity by
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Superficially the ideas promoted through groupthink often result in decisions appearing well founded and heavily supported‚ however the outcomes of such decisions are most frequently detrimental. Factors of cognitive dissonance are quite often evident in members of groupthink decisions‚ with individuals finding in reflection that they generally possessed ideas starkly contrasting the concepts which they just publically supported. Such incongruity in beliefs and decisions according to Hackman and
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Q 2.What is groupthink. Explain Groupthink occurs when the pressure to conform within a group interferes with that group’s analysis of a problem and causes poor group decision making. Individual creativity‚ uniqueness‚ and independent thinking are lost in the pursuit of group cohesiveness‚ as are the advantages that can sometimes be obtained by making a decision as a group—bringing different sources of ideas‚ knowledge‚ and experience together to solve a problem. Psychologist Irving Janis defines
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