In 2001 the chief executive of AOL Time Warner, Gerald Levin, sought to acquire AT&T’s cable business, the only cable business larger than the one already owned by AOL Time Warner. In doing so, he did not consult the firm’s board, let alone its chair- man Steve Case. Apparently, Case objected to Levin’s approach, and Levin resigned in December 2001. Discuss Levin’s approach to decision process in the context of judgmental tasks involving groups.