MGMT20001 Final: Exam Notes: Week 3 content in relation to team

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copperspider388

14 Jun 2018

School

University of Melbourne

Department

Management

Course

MGMT20001

Professor

Victoria Roberts

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L3:Perception,Attribution&Decision

Making

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Ithinkattributionoccurredinmyownmind.Iaccountalotofthesuccessofmyteam

assignmenttomyowndoingasIpickedupalotofslackforotherteammembers,andIliketo

focusalotonwhatmyotherteammembersdidwrong.Iattributedthelackofstandardinthe

5thteammember’sworktoadissatisfactionwiththedecidedprocessofcompletingtheproject.

ThisisselfservingofmetodothisbecauseitgivesmetheideathatI’mmorecorrectthanthe

restofmyteam.

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Biases/attributionerrors:

 Confirmationbias:seeingthe5thteammembershowoutwarddisagreeancewithour

decidedprocessconfirmedmysuspicisionsthathewouldnotbeateamplayer.Ithinkit

alsoconfirmedsuspicionsfortheinformalgroupof3thathewouldnotbecooperative

andtheythereforedistancedthemselvesfromhim.

 Haloeffect:thegroupassumedthatbecausethe5thgroupmemberwasnotgoodat

agreeingwiththerestofthegroup,thathewouldnotbegoodatcompletingtheproject

itself

 Anchoring:othergroupmembersshoweddisregardforinternationalstudents,implying

theyarenotabletocompleteprojectstoashigherstandardsoflocalstudents.They

usedthisinitialpieceofinformationaboutthe5thmemberasayardstickforsubsequent

experienceswiththememberdisregardinghisopinions,distancingthemselvesfrom

him,etc.

 Availability:theinformationofthe5thmemberbeinginternationalstudentwasreadily

availabletothemandwaswhatjudgementsofthe5thmemberwerebasedon

 Escalationofcommitment:iexperiencedthismyself,aswhenweintitiallydecidedtoa

certainwaytocompletingtheproject,andthenthe5thmembershoweddisagreeance,

wedisregardedhisopinionandescalatedourcommitmenttoourchosenprocess.Later,

Ifoundmyselfnotthinkingthewaywewerecompletingtheprojectwasmostbeneficial

butinspiteofthisnegativeinformation,myincreasedcommitmenttothisinitialdecision

keptmedoingit.

 Nondecisionmaking:onememberofourgrouphaddonethesubjectbeforeand

droppedouthalfwaythrough,andweusedhisoldteamcontractaswellasexamplesof

teamcontractsasthebasisforourownteamcontractanddidn’treallymakeany

decisionsourselves.Takenforgrantedconventions.

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TheDoublecurse:occurredwiththethreemembersintheinformalgroupwhocouldhave

improvedtheirworkethicbutwereunawareoftheirincompetenciesandignoredallsignsof

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