groupthink

Examples of groupthink in the following topics:

• Group Conflict as a Barrier to Decision Making

  • One of the greatest inhibitors of effective group decision making is groupthink.
  • Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.
  • Furthermore, groupthink can produce dehumanizing actions against the out-group.
  • Psychologist Irving Janus, the leading theorist of groupthink, identified ways of preventing it:

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Group Decision Making

  • One of the greatest inhibitors of effective group decision making is groupthink.
  • Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.
  • Furthermore, groupthink can produce dehumanizing actions against the out-group.

• The Challenge of Diversity

  • Despite this successful trajectory, challenges to diversity naturally occur as a result of communication (languages and values), majority hegemony, and groupthink.
  • The most substantial threat these communicative barriers and homogeneous tendencies create could loosely be defined as groupthink.
  • Groupthink is when many people within the same organization begin to adopt similar perspectives, usually to simplify meetings and minimize discord.
  • Groupthink will often result in the assimilation of dissenting perspectives.
  • Adroit management must also work actively against groupthink, empowering everyone not only to speak but to be brave enough to go against the majority opinion.

• Hazards of Teamwork

  • This phenomenon is known as "groupthink."
  • Groupthink can limit creativity, lead to poor choices, or result in mistakes that might otherwise have been avoidable.

• Personal Biases

  • Groupthink: This is a bias within group decision making that leads the group toward harmony rather than a realistic evaluation of alternatives.

• Building a Culture of High Performance

  • Valued diversity – Team synergy is lost when groupthink dominates the discussion.

• Challenges to Achieving Organizational Diversity

  • This reduces all of the potential benefits of diversity and empowers groupthink.

• The Inclusive Workplace

  • The primary threats to an inclusive culture are groupthink, discrimination, stereotyping, and defensiveness.

• The Importance of Organizational Diversity

  • Indeed, similarity breeds groupthink, which diminishes creativity.

• Managing Organizational Diversity

  • This means that management will carefully control diversity, minimizing the negative elements (stereotyping, discrimination, inequity, groupthink, etc.) while empowering the positive elements (innovative thinking, health conflict, inclusive culture, etc.).