Group decision making

When you think of decision making what comes to mind? Does what to do for dinner come to mind. What to do tomorrow or what clothes to wear. Well decision making is a lot more in depth than that it goes into what car or house to buy, what college to go to; this even goes into effect as an entrepreneur, you can have decisions on what to innovate, how to promote, and if you should expand or not. . In business decision making is one of the most important aspects of it. There are many different ways…

The basis of decision-making can be understood by studying the cognitive heuristics that accompany mental processing, thought, and ability to assess a situation. However, how can we examine the effects of decision-making when we skip the analyzing process – rather, how can we judge the effectiveness of following our gut in quick decisions? “Heuristics is the unconscious, or quick decisions that humans make due to integrated social norms, or mental short-cuts” (Pearl, Judea, 1983, p. 48). The use…

Leaders in an educational organization are constantly involved in the decision-making process to solve routine challenges and problems of practice in an effective way to achieve an organizational goal. “Effective leaders try to quickly identify the cause of the problem, and they provide firm and confident direction to their team as they cope with the problem.” (Yukl G, 2012, p.70) It is, therefore, important for leaders to recognize the nature of the problem and then act accordingly to solve it…

In analyzing the video “Subtle Boundary Dilemmas: Ethical Decision Making for Helping Professionals” the video describes the ethical dilemmas professionals face due to boundary issues with clients. This often creates difficult situations as professionals try to maintain appropriate boundaries. The video clearly describes a professional’s role in setting and resetting boundaries to ensure our clients can focus on healing and getting the help the they need to embrace a quality life. It is the…

The five group meetings before the hike were meant to help us prepare to work together to complete the hike. During these meetings all of our group members got along together fine. We were not a cohesive group yet but we did not have any big problems that arose. The activities helped with creating group cohesiveness to prepare us for the hike. Doing the small activities gave us a common goal to work on together to prepare us for the main activity, the hike. Based on how the group activities went…

ASSIGNMENT TASK 1 1. Describe two situations where working in groups would be a) An appropriate way of working b) An inappropriate way of working a) Appropriate situations for group work Example Explanation Situation 1 Skill and knowledge Every individual has his own strengths and weaknesses .In a group everyone gets the advantage of sharing knowledge and experience. If a person works individually he may find difficulty in some aspects but in a group he can take help of his colleagues and work…

everyone is to agree or come to terms with the final decision. It may not be what everyone wants, but it is something everyone can live with and accept. Classes at schools sometimes put students in groups to work on projects. The group must work together and create a final idea to work on what to do and how to do work for their project. It may not be exactly what they want, but everyone can still agree and work together. No matter what kind of group you may be participating in, there is always…

A lot of people think that when they make judgments and decisions that they act objectively, rationally, logically and are capable of taking in all the information they are presented with and evaluating it. However, the judgments and decisions that people make are tainted with errors and swayed in large part by a huge range of biases. In their book “Judgment under Uncertainty”, psychologists Daniel Kahneman, Paul Slovic and Amos Tversky published their findings on cognitive bias in which they…

Buying behaviour is the decision processes and acts of people involved in buying and using products(Rani,2014). The consumer ultimate decision to by any product or service at shopping malls is the outcome of each of these factors. For instance, a consumer is affected or influenced by his culture, sub-culture, cultural trends, social life, family, friends, membership groups, his psychological factors. Thus, by identifying and having acquaintance of these factors, brands are in a better position…

Pros and Cons The benefits of making a decision as an individual or a group can generally be weighed by each individual. One of the pre-requisites of group decision making is that everyone must be willing to work together on a team. Some people do not work well in teams and would be a more effective worker by working on their own. Additional cons of group work are that within an organization there are many ways for a group to fail or become dysfunctional. If a work group is not established…