pa chapter 7

To be effective group leaders, managers should have a solid knowledge of the organization’s goals and values.

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 To conduct a successful negotiation, we must separate the person from the issue in hand. 

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Groups may benefit from synergy, the notion that the whole is less than the sum of parts. 

 

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Negotiation often moves quickly to positions that are held by one party or another.

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Differences and conflicts inevitably arise in public organizations.

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Synergy is one of the advantages of group decision making.  

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Time is not a constraint to the group decision making as groups takes longer time to take decisions than individuals so time limits the possibility of groups to make decisions.

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The group decision making process is more expensive.

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Group think is the notion that the whole is greater than the sum of parts.

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Group think is a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive group, when the members striving for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of actions.

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