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The downside to group work
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- 1What makes Group-think more likely?1- When a team is isolated from the outside world.
2- The leader is opinionated
3- It is under threat due to external threats
4- It has experienced recent failures (in the decision making)
5- It lacks guidance from corporate policies/procedures. - 2What can the feeling invulnerability do?* Excessive optimism and risk taking
- 3What can overconfidence do?* Cause the group to discount warnings that may challenge their group assumptions
* They may ignore the consequences of their actions (as they believe that they are right)
* 'MINDGUARDS' - 4What can convergence (excessive) do?* S
- 5Explain social loafing and the Ringleman effectThe Ringleman effect looks at how we can measure collective effort. And more specifically, why there seems to be diminishing returns to labor.
As people are added to a project, there is less of an impact on productivity and this leads us to believe that people will engage in social loafing. Where (consciously or unconsciously) people will expect others to pick up the 'slack' - 6Free RidingA conscious decision to do less work, as others are doing the work for you
It is too hard to measure the contributions of all individuals, thus we do not pay a penalty for our reduced effort.
This can be accidental!
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- MGMT2001 (Micro Topics) Flashcards on The downside to group work, created by Finn Cole-Adams on 12/12/2017.
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