This document outlines communication and decision-making exercises for a team or group. It discusses identifying biases in team communication, providing examples. It also tasks examining communication failures and potential causes, discussing preventative measures. Additionally, it defines groupthink and its symptoms and asks whether individuals or groups make better decisions, when each would be more effective, justifying the response.
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1. Communication and Team Decision Making
Part 1:
Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective
Intelligence
A. List and describe the biases in team communication found
at the beginning of Chapter 6 in the textbook. Give an example
from your own experience of each of these biases. (describe the
situation and the outcome)
B. Revisit communication failure examples in Exhibit 6-1.
Identify the possible causes of communication or decision-
making failure in each example, and, drawing on the
information presented in the chapter, discuss measures that
might have prevented problems from arising within each team’s
communication system.
Part 2:
Team Decision-Making: Pitfalls and
Solution
s
A. Define group think. What are the key symptoms of
groupthink?
2. B. Do you think that individuals or groups are better decision-
makers? Justify your choice. In what situations would
individuals be more effective decision-makers than groups, and
in what situations would groups be better than individuals?