COMM 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Delphi Method, Prime Factor, Group Polarization

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 151
• Professor: Christopher Miners

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Groups more vigilant than individuals more people scanning the environment which can be very advantageous at the problem id and info search stages. Members might have unique info that proves to be useful. Generate more ideas than individuals therefore more alternative solutions and different perspectives to the problem (different attacking strategies) Evaluate ideas better than individuals an extreme decision by one member can be offset by the other members. People wish to be involved in decisions that will affect them. People will better understand a decision in which they participated. People will be more committed to a decision when they invested time and energy towards the decision more willing to carry it out. The acceptability of a decisions is especially useful in dealing with the problem of getting a decision implemented if they"re committed, it will get implemented. The two prior are sensible reasons to use team decision making.