Perry w. James April 8‚ 2010 The Dangers of Groupthink Question 1 – One factor was that there appeared to be group unanimity in the new steps with the mail delivery system and appeared to be a consensus. The civilian worker was horrified with the process but lacked the confidence to speak up. Also‚ group members seemed to rationalize that the assumptions made were good because they had the majority. I think in the future after the teams have discussed the issues‚ they can take a discreet
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points‚ but in several of those points overlooked a crucial aspect. What was overlooked was that in several of the groups talked about the leader of the group had unquestionable power. The question I would pose is how groups would overcome the groupthink mentality when they have to please appease the ideas of a single individual. In the reading the examples that were used involved the President of the United States and his cabinet members or advisors. In these situations the group seems to consist
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The Cultural Tale of Two Shuttles 1. What factors in NASA’s culture contributed to the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters? a. The main guys said everything was fine to go ahead with the launch. Their basic assumptions were skewed to what they thought was perfect. The Decision-making style is corrupted they need to get involved and listen to everyone besides their group. They did not believe they could fail and that the success of the mission took precedence over cost and
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Q.2 . What is groupthink. Explain. [10] According to Irving Janis(1972) ‚ groupthink is "a deterioration of mental efficiency‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgment resulting from in-group pressures". Thus‚ the overemphasis on consensus and agreement leads members to be unwilling to evaluate group members’ ideas critically. This hinders decision-making and becomes an obstacle to group productivity. Certain conditions favour the development of groupthink. i) The first condition is high cohesiveness
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The country of Columbia found at the northern tip of South America‚ was first recognized in 1819. Within Columbia‚ there are five geographic regions; the Caribbean coast‚ pacific lowlands‚ Andes highlands‚ Orinoco Savanna and the Amazon Rainforest. The regional cultural traditions are mixed‚ with a broad assortment of distinct groups that have unique customs‚ accents‚ and social patterns. Within the Caribbean region of Columbia‚ the predominant ethnic group is the Pardo‚ a mixture of European‚ indigenous
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Chiquita in Columbia I. Overview of the Issue In 1997‚ executives at Chiquita Brands Banadex were faced with a very serious ethical dilemma‚ which would severely impact the future of the company. The executives were confronted by the leader of one of the most powerful terrorist groups in the state of Columbia and the company had a significant choice to make; Chiquita could pay the terrorist group a penny for every dollar of bananas exported in return for the safety of their employees or they
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The Space Travel and Research Introduction Space contains the planets‚ countless galaxies and milky ways. Man has been able to go to space and collect pictures of the sun‚ the planets and the moon. Man has landed on the moon and he is trying to find out the existence of life on other planets. Telecommunication‚ weather forecasting‚ radio and television programmes etc. are all monitored by satellites in space. There are also military stations and spy satellites in space which pose a threat
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Case Study: Columbia Company Evaluate the two methods identified- predetermined rate versus actual cost- that the firm could use to charge the individual stores the costs of Columbia Company’s new collections department in terms of (1.) Practicality of application and ease of use (2.) cost control. Also‚ indicate whether a centralized or decentralized organization structure would be more conducive for each charging method. Predetermined rates are used in applying overhead costs to products or
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you would have to get rid of all the drug laws”. Although Ron Paul was an American politician‚ the quote is very fitting for one of the most notorious and leading producers of illegal drugs in the world‚ Colombia. Drug production was introduced in Columbia in the 1960s with production of marijuana‚ which was a gateway to the production of Cocaine in the early 1970’s. Why the production‚ and formation of huge Cartels‚ just to produce and distribute a psychoactive drug? Money! The return is huge and
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Groupthink Groupthink is a practice of making decisions within a group that values unity rather than accuracy and discourages personal responsibility. In other words‚ groupthink is agreeing with a group out loud‚ although you may not agree with the group inside your mind. There are eight different symptoms that are involved with groupthink. The symptoms include the illusion of invulnerability‚ rationalization‚ inherent morality‚ stereotyped views‚ direct pressure‚ self-censorship‚ the illusion of
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