Advantages And Disadvantages Of Group Decision Making

CONTENTS

Chapter No. Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Overview

2 The Group Decision Making Process

2.1 The Seven Step Model

2.2 Types of group decisions

2.3 Factors affecting group decisions

2.4 Techniques for Group Decision Making Process More Effective

3 Advantages and disadvantages of decision making in groups

3.1 Advantages

3.2 Disadvantages

4 Conclusion maybe?

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

Decision making in a group has become increasingly relevant, especially in today’s world where organizations are moving towards a flatter structure and encouraging inputs from employees at all levels. This report aims to explain and analyze the process of decision making in groups. The relevance of this subject, the decision making model, methods of

3.2 Disadvantages of Group Decision Making

Diffusion of Responsibility

One possible disadvantage of group decision making is that it can create a diffusion of responsibility that results in a lack of accountability for outcomes. In a sense, if everyone is responsible for a decision, then no one is. Moreover, group decisions can make it easier for members to deny personal responsibility and blame others for bad decisions.

Lower Efficiency

Group decisions can also be less efficient than those made by an individual. Group decisions can take additional time because there is the requirement of participation, discussion, and coordination among group members. Without good facilitation and structure, meetings can get bogged down in trivial details that may matter a lot to one person but not to the others.

Group-shift

In comparing group decisions with the individual decisions of members within the group, evidence suggests that there are differences. In some cases, the group decisions are more conservative than the individual decisions. More often, the shift is towards

The greater occurrence of the shift toward risk has generated several explanations for the phenomenon. Its been argued, for instance, that the discussion creates familiarization among the members. As they become more comfortable with each other, they also become more bold and daring. Another argument is that most first world societies value risk that we admire individuals who are willing to take risks, and that group discussion motivates members to show that they are at least as willing as their peers to take risks. The most plausible explanation of the shift toward risk, however, seems to be that the group diffuses responsibility. Group decisions free any single member from accountability for the group’s final choice. Greater risk can be taken because even if the decision fails, no one member can be held wholly