Groupthink

Climbing the Ladder of Bureaucracy at GCU “Find your purpose.” This is Grand Canyon University’s ultimate slogan to all of those who pursue their education here, or to those who are affiliated with the university in some way. By discovering one’s purpose at GCU, a contribution is made to attain four primary goals: Efficiency, predictability, uniformity, and control. By achieving these goals, an organization is successful in instituting itself as a bureaucracy. The school is an official…

In today’s world, groups are an integrated part of any organization. Indeed, individuals in the workplace are often thrown together as a group to achieve certain goals. Summers et al (1988) affirmed that “in general, cohesion promotes productivity.” Yet, out of all the characteristics considered to make a group, cohesion is perhaps the most debatable as to its relationship with effectiveness, a motor for productivity and group success. Perhaps the clearest definition interprets cohesion as “a…

In your class, three out of four conforms to the leader of the group, one out of four does not. Conformity means to agree to the group leader’s opinion through pressure of agreeing to the majority’s opinion. Conformity helps to conclude the meeting, conference, and argument quickly no matter what decision it made, the group made a “decision”. But that decision would not always be right. It could be innocent to what the argument should conclude. The wrong decision can lead to worse consequences…

If one has ever given great thought to why we act the way we do, or the reason why our attitudes change or develop a certain way, one will be thinking of social psychology. Social psychology studies many aspects and variables that impact situations. Social psychology and those that study social psychology are able to answer many questions as to why some people are better leaders than others and to why someone is better at a certain position rather than others. Social psychology is a form of…

Obesity is defined in Merriam-Webster as a condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines obesity by a BMI (Body Mass Index) calculator, if your BMI is over 30 you are obese. Nothing is taken into consideration but your height and weight and the calculator provided by the CDC does not distinguish between men and women. More than 1/3 of adult Americans are over-weight or obese according to the…

Characteristics of Effective Inter-Professional Clinical Team “Team is a group of people who are committed to a specific common purpose. Team members work interdependently and try to respect each other. Each one has defined accountabilities and is designated as a unit of performance. There are different roles in a team and each role takes response to a specific task and functioning in a synergistic manner.” [1] Inter-professional clinical team is developed to address complex medical issues…

Groupthink is when groups make decisions based solely on the views of a few group members instead of considering other, outside possibilities. For instance the group covered for John when he messed with Mr. Vernon. In a particular incident, John removed the…

Groups and Teamwork in Moneyball Group 1: Christian Demopoulos Gregory Klassen Michael Langford Nicole McEwan Rebecca Ranieri Patrick Trochaniak BU 288, Section E Instructor: Dr. Jessie Zhan December 9th, 2015 Groups and Teamwork in Moneyball Moneyball focuses on the struggles endured by the Oakland Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane in putting together a competitive baseball team. Faced with the imminent departure of the team’s star players to free agency, Beane…

The Sandlot provided a plethora of examples of the team dynamic principles which have been covered throughout the semester. The primary team that was the subject of the movie was a self-assembled baseball team made up of school age boys with a common love of baseball. Early in the movie, one of the boys, affectionately referred to as “Smalls” joined the team which set forth an interesting team dynamic. Things escalate half way into the movie when one the boys run out of baseballs to play with.…

Groupthink according to Nelson & Quick (2015) is "a deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing and moral judgement resulting from pressures within the group" (pg. 161). I worked in a hospital medical information department years ago. Our director…