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Groupthink Phenomenon
Groupthink Phenomenon
Avoiding Groupthink
Leaders should assign the role of critical evaluator to someone. After formulating a
tentative proposal, hold a second-chance meeting, invite all members to express any
residual doubts by group member.Leaders should not state their preferences at the
beginning of a meetingAssign subgroups to independently develop
proposals.Periodically have outside experts review the group's deliberations invite
them to sit in on some meetings. uring important deliberations, assign one member to
group to play the role of devil's advocate.encourage people to express doubts
Groupshift
A change in decision risk between
the groups decision
risk tolerance and the individual
decision risk that individual
Implications of Groupshift:
Recognize that group decisions
exaggerate the
initial position of the individual members.
The shift has been shown more often to
be toward greater risk.