Making decisions
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Makin" rel="nofollow">ing decisions as a group can be very challengin" rel="nofollow">ing- it can lead to conflict and take
up huge amounts of time, and often it is difficult to come to an agreement- Fortunately,
several different techniques have been developed to overcome some of these
difficulties- No one technique is considered the best for all situations, as all of the
techniques have advantages and disadvantages-
Review the background readin" rel="nofollow">ings and pay close
attention to three group decision-makin" rel="nofollow">ing processes-the Delphi technique,
brain" rel="nofollow">instormin" rel="nofollow">ing, and the Nomin" rel="nofollow">inal Group Technique- Pay close attention to the
discussion of these methods in" rel="nofollow">in the assigned readin" rel="nofollow">ings, particularly Brain" rel="nofollow">intools
(Brain" rel="nofollow">instormin" rel="nofollow">ing), CDC (Nomin" rel="nofollow">inal Group Technique) and Haughey (Delphi)-
Below are three different scenarios- For each scenario, explain" rel="nofollow">in which group decision-
makin" rel="nofollow">ing technique you would choose out of brain" rel="nofollow">instormin" rel="nofollow">ing, nomin" rel="nofollow">inal group, or Delphi-
Justify you answer with references from the required background materials- You
paper should be 3 pages in" rel="nofollow">in length:
The company you work for is in" rel="nofollow">in crisis- Several new competitors have been rapidly
growin" rel="nofollow">ing and takin" rel="nofollow">ing away you customers. You company’s sales are steadily
croppin" rel="nofollow">ing- You and the rest of the top management team know that creative new
strategies are needed in" rel="nofollow">in order to keep up with the new competitors- Nobody is sue
what needs to be done, but it is clear somethin" rel="nofollow">ing dastic and origin" rel="nofollow">inal needs to happen
in" rel="nofollow">in order to keep the company afloat- The top management team members are all
extroverts who are not afraid to speak up at meetin" rel="nofollow">ings, but they are often prone to
conventional thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing- Which group decision-makin" rel="nofollow">ing technique do you recommend?
Explain" rel="nofollow">in you reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing, usin" rel="nofollow">ing the background readin" rel="nofollow">ings to support you answer-
You company is facin" rel="nofollow">ing cost overruns and needs solutions on how best to cut costs-
The top management team in" rel="nofollow">includes both in" rel="nofollow">introverts and extroverts, with the extroverts
usually domin" rel="nofollow">inatin" rel="nofollow">ing the conversation at meetin" rel="nofollow">ings- Futhermore, meetin" rel="nofollow">ings with this
group often go off the agenda and Gift in" rel="nofollow">into tangential subjects- A quick decision
needs be made with in" rel="nofollow">input from all members of the team- Which group decision-