Assignment: Chapter 04: Managing Decision Making Use your understanding of how groups and teams make decisions to answer the following questions. Businesses commonly rely upon groups to make decisions because of the many advantages to group decision making. Which of the following are advantages of group decision making? Check all that apply. More knowledge and information are considered. Participants may be indecisive and seek a compromise solution. Better communication of the decision may occur. The process may be costlier because it takes more time. As a member of a team of subject matter experts in the management of engineering projects, you need to organize discussions in a way that facilitates participation by all the experts. Which team decision-making approach will be best in ensuring input from the team experts? Nominal group technique Interacting group approach Delphi group technique Focus group technique Groupthink occurs when a team desire for consensus overwhelms the desire to reach the best outcome. As a team leader, which tactic can you use to minimize the potential for groupthink in your team's decision making? Assign at least one member to play the role of devil's advocate. Ask for the team to unify behind one decision Refrain from setting a deadline. Make your own opinion clearly known. Grade it Now Save & Continue Continue without saving