Leadership and group decision making
{"Image DocumentName": "Managing Group Decision Making", "Image ImageDescription": "There are three factors for effectively managing group decision making. Appropriate leadership style. Constructive use of disagreement and conflict. The enhancement of creativity. Leadership style - The leader of a decision-making body must attempt to minimize process-related problems. The leader should avoid dominating the discussion or allowing another individual to dominate. This means encouraging less vocal group members to air their opinions and suggestions and asking for dissenting viewpoints. At the same time, the leader should not allow the group to pressure people into conforming. The leader should be alert to the dangers of groupthink and satisficing. Also, she should be attuned to indications that group members are losing sight of the primary objective: to come up with the best possible solution to the problem. Constructive use of disagreement and conflict: Total and consistent agreement among group members can be destructive. It can lead to groupthink, uncreative solutions, and a waste of the knowledge and diverse viewpoints. that individuals bring to the group. Therefore, a certain amount of constructive conflict should exist. Enhancement of creativity: Creativity is more than just an option; it is essential to survival. Allowing people to be creative may be one of the manager\u2019s most important and challenging responsibilities. You are being creative if you (1) bring a new thing into being (creation); (2) join two previously unrelated things (synthesis); or (3) improve something or give it a new application (modification). How do you get creative? Recognize the almost infinite little opportunities to be creative. How do you get creativity out of other people? Give creative efforts the credit they are due, and don\u2019t punish creative failures. Avoid extreme time pressure if possible.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}