One “groupthink” organization consists of U.S. military advisors. These advisors believe many United States’ prominent important locations will never be compromised: leaving the locations vulnerable. This could be fixed by bringing outside specialists‚ who are not bias‚ into the decision-making process. With unbiased specialists‚ come more opinions and light will be shown on the areas that the advisors thought could be dismissed. Another way is emphasizing keeping ones’ opinion to themselves until
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Groupthink and 9/11 Group decision making can be very helpful in getting different thoughts and opinions out of discussion‚ but also can be dangerous because of groupthink. Groupthink occurs when people avoid individually testing‚ analyzing‚ and evaluating facts in order to avoid upsetting the consensus of a group. In effect a conflict occurs whereby some topics are okay to discuss while others are closed often without the group being consciously aware of it. Those who violate the unspoken
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Groupthink Case Study Tom‚ Susie‚ Richard‚ Mark‚ and Betty are all part of an academic learning team at the University of Phoenix. This team is tasked with the responsibility of producing a 2‚500-word paper on the topic of groupthink for their social psychology class. Tom‚ Susie‚ and Richard have been on several teams together (in previous classes)‚ but Mark and Betty are newcomers to the group. In the first team meeting‚ Tom‚ Susie‚ and Richard
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work alone. Groupthink is a good idea‚ but what about introverts? Can they behave with them and share some time and work space with the group thinkers? Groupthink is everywhere. It’s in school‚ companies‚ fashion and religions places. The benefit from groupthinks in these places to share ideas and to know what everyone thinks about. People who like to sit in group for example‚ in school or in meeting to solve a problem or to share ideas about some homework or brainstorming‚ Groupthink will be the
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The Challenger disaster is a prime example of poor leadership and Groupthink. When examining the disaster that took the lives of 7 people‚ this occurred do to multiple forms of neglect and pressure felt by leaders (UK Essays‚ 2015). This disaster occurred due to numerous defects within NASA’s engineering leaders‚ pressure from the media‚ public opinion‚ and the relationship with leaders at Morton Thiokol‚ makers of the defective O-rings that ultimately destroyed the Challenger into pieces (Dimitroff
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1. What is meant by diversity? Diversity literally means difference. Diversity recognises that though people have things in common with each other‚ they are also different and unique in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing those differences. 2. Describe the community you live in. Highlight some of the variations you may observe in terms of: • Interests • Beliefs • Ages • Lifestyles • Personal‚ social and cultural identities. I live in a town called Braintree in
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Groupthink What is groupthink? There is a simple definition for it‚ but is it truly that simple? The term groupthink refers to the inclination of group members to have the same opinions and beliefs; it frequently leads to mistakes. It often occurs without an individual being aware of it. Conflict is considered to be a harmful element when related to groups‚ but conflict is good when considering groupthink because it helps to eliminate the existence of a groupthink. The explanation sounds
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1. What is meant by diversity? Diversity is the word used to describe how people vary and differ. Some personal differences may be: age‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ race‚ religion‚ interests‚ social class and values and beliefs. 2. Describe the community you live in. Highlight some of the variations you may observe in terms of: Birmingham is the most culturally diverse city in the UK. In the local community there are people of both genders and of all ages. People come from all over the
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The idea of groupthink does not have a positive meaning because decision making is hard to do as a group; it is damaged group burdens that lead to a worsening of “rational effectiveness‚ truth analysis‚ and ethical decision”. Groupthink happens when groups are extremely organized and when they are under significant stress to make a valuable choice (Janis‚ 1972). A group is particularly weak to groupthink when its participants are alike in training‚ when the group is separated from outer ideas‚ and
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Liberal Groupthink Is Anti-Intellectual Reaction Paper 2 Groupthink in the educational setting is a real serious issue. Academia has long been accused of it. The article “Liberal Groupthink Is Anti-Intellectual” by Mark Bauerlein is an excellent piece in describing the existence of groupthink in the educational arena and communicating its effects to the reader. I selected this article as it directly impacts me as a student but more importantly the article brought up something relevant in
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