In goal displacement, a decision-making group

Multiple Choice

• is unsure about goals and is in disagreement about what todo.

• disagrees on goals, or the members compete with one another forresources.

• generates as many goals as it can but does not allow criticismof people or ideas.

• becomes so eager to avoid conflict that it adopts a goal ordecision too quickly.

• loses sight of its original goal and a new, less important goalemerges.

Which of the following statements about group decision making istrue?

Multiple Choice

• Group decisions should rarely be used to address significantbusiness problems.

• There are far more disadvantages than advantages to groupdecision making.

• If enough time is available, most individuals usually makehigher-quality decisions than a group.

• If enough time is available, groups usually make higher-qualitydecisions than most individuals.

• Individual decisions are generally more difficult to reach thangroup decisions.

Kyoshi sought the collective wisdom of his management team tomake a decision. His team had to decide if self-driving cars, spacetravel, or gene splicing would be their next major investment. Hebrought together his managers in a meeting. Haruki used hisstrength of character and oratory skills to push for solar panelresearch. The other managers were quiet, and Haruki overpoweredthem with his views. Given the dynamics of the meeting and itsoutcome, ________ had prevented Kyoshi’s meeting from achievingwhat he had hoped it would.

Multiple Choice

• groupthink

• domination

• devil’s advocacy

• goal displacement

• satisficing

Robby decided to introduce conflict into his planning meeting,to stimulate intellectual discussion of different perspectives onissues. Robby believed that this was necessary because hissubordinates were engaging in ________, that is, avoidingdisagreement for the sake of remaining cordial.

Multiple Choice

• domination

• devil’s advocacy

• groupthink

• satisficing

• goal displacement

Course: Business Management Principles