creating work groups. These work groups are becoming the norm in many companies. Work groups are generally but in place to tackle projects that would be better served by a group rather than an individual. One of the most important functions of a group is the ability to make effective decisions. The text describes that a group decision implies that an agreement is made among the members to determine which course of action is most effective for achieving the group’s goal. The purpose of group decision
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CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY3 1. INTRODUCTION4 2. THE DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK AT YELLOW AUTO 5 2a. A Sociological Perspective. 2b. The Social Exchange Theory 3. THE CRITICAL DECISION…………………………………………………………6 3a. A Sociological Perspective 3b. The Group Polarization………...………………………………………………… 4. CONCLUSION8 5. RECOMMENDATIONS8 REFERENCE LIST9 Executive Summary The report analysed the decision making framework of Yellow Auto Company from the perspective of sociology
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often-unplanned events that require decision-making. In the past it was more common for a manager to decide the course of action individually or within formal groups. Important decisions in the business circle are now deemed too risky or important to be made entirely by one person. A manager must seek the right advice from several different sources. Today it is often common for many managers to seek involvement from lower level employees in the decision making process whenever it can be done. However
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Individual Decision Making Decision making without a group’s input or a decision made regardless of the group’s opinion is‚ naturally‚ an individual decision. This is the more traditional decision making approach and can work effectively for a manager when the group’s input is not required or in certain cases‚ desired. Group Decision Making There are several models of group decision making that you can put to use. Two examples are consensus and consultation. Consensus decision making involves
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Pirate’s group to learn about decision making in groups because it is common to work in groups and making decisions collectively rather than alone by the group leader. Decision making in group process is a structured problem-solving or idea-generating strategy in which individual’s ideas are gathered and combined in a face-to-face‚ non-threatening group situation. It is an effective way of gathering a lot of ideas from a group‚ and it guarantees input from all group members. Group decision making methods
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Decisions made by groups when dealing with complex problems and issues occur everyday in the life of an organization. The decisions made by these groups can have serious‚ far-reaching consequences throughout the organization if not properly thought through. This is the reason for the existence of decision making models. Decision making models are logical‚ systematic‚ and methodical approaches to problem solving. Many decision making models exist. According to Lahti (1996)‚ there are four group decision
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to reflect upon our experience with decision-making methods. Many students in the class‚ myself included‚ have commented on how the methods can be used in both personal and professional life. I have included examples of both in my paper. Personal Experience with Decision-Making Models According to Wikipedia‚ decision-making is “the mental processes (cognitive process) resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternatives” (Wikipedia - Decision Making‚ 2010). Many models
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Democratic decision-making undermines successful management. Management‚ as defined by Meyer et al. (2007‚ p.638)‚ is ‘The planning‚ organising‚ leading and controlling of human and other resources to achieve organisational goals efficiently and effectively’. This definition portrays management as a set of process and actions‚ rather than an individual and their role as a manager. Management is a broad term‚ as there are different management styles that are used across different types of organisations
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PERSPECTIVE ON GROUP DECISION MAKING WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON GROUP DECISION-MAKING Functional Perspective on Group Decision-making is a theory developed by Randy Hirokawa and Dennis Gouran. Miller(2011) stated that both of them have an interest in small group communication‚ so they worked it put and produced this theory. They seek to understand how communication processes contribute to decision making and problem solving in groups. They come to a question‚ “Why do some groups make good
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GROUP PROCESS IN THE CHALLENGER LAUNCH DECISION: ANALYSIS: NASA was created with the intent to establish military culture‚ US dominance over USSR. Morton Thiokol‚ Inc.‚ an aerospace company‚ manufactured the solid propellant rocket motors manufactured the booster rockets SRB used to launch the Challenger Shuttle. Morton Thiokol called for a teleconference‚ fortnight before the launch had been scheduled to discuss the O ring problem. The Challenger launch was disaster due to various reasons:
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