33:620:302 Study Guide - Brainstorming, Communication Problems, Nominal Group Technique

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Management
• Course: 33:620:302
• Professor: Arvind Sharma

Document Summary

Resources: group members combine different skills and knowledge to make higher quality decisions: example: member interactions lead to new ideas that no single member would develop (called process gained ) Motivational effects: being part of a group encourage members to try to make good decisions and perform better: example: members are more committed to a decision which they participated and therefore more likely to implement the idea. Inefficient: groups suggest from process loss due to wasted discussion which prevents groups a sole focus on the tasks: example: discussions about coordination and social skills. Communication problems: decisions can get bogged down in emotional conflicts that waste time and damage morale: example: power team members who talk too much can dominate discussion or the group get sidetracked. Brainstorming: the unique feature of brainstorming is the separation of ideas from evaluation: aspects of brainstorming, do not evaluate or discuss alternatives.