Chapter 9 of the text plus PPTLevi, D. (2014). Group Dynamics for Teams (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications ISBN:9781412999533
1. The central purpose of many types of teams is to make decisions. In Week 7, students assess their individual group decision-making skills, and then identify processes that can help them to become more effective decision makers.This Week, you will:
- Identify the main advantages and disadvantages in using groups to make decisions
- Explore the factors that make group decisions superior to individual decisions
- Identify factors that disrupt the ability of groups to make grood decisions
- Examine how groupthink affects a team’s decision-making process
- Assess your personal decision-making skills
- Identify how your individual decision-making skills could potentially influence decision-making in a group that you belong to
2. Identify and describe a historical event (such as the Bay of Pigs incident or the bombing of Pearl Harbor)involving groupthink(the phenomenon that occurs with a group of people when the desire for harmony or conformity in a group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome)
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