Organizational Behavior - What Are Some Factors That Led to Groupthink in the Cases Described Here What Can Teams Do to Attempt to Prevent Groupthink from Occurring

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Organizational behavior

1) Has Preeti made a good decision about the way she is going to make the decision?

2) Which investment would you choose? Why?

3) Which investment do you think most people would choose?

4) Based on what you have learned about group shift, which investment do you think

Preeti’s family will choose?

1) What are some factors that led to groupthink in the cases described here? What can

teams do to attempt to prevent groupthink from occurring?

2) How might differences in status among group members contribute to groupthink?

For example, how might lower-status members react to a group’s decision? Are lowerstatus members more or less likely to be dissenters? Why might higher-status group

members be mare effective dissenters?

3) Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that he encourages dissent. Can such norms guard

against the

occurrence of groupthink? As a manager, how would you try to cultivate norms that

prevent groupthink?

4) How might group characteristics such as size and cohesiveness affect groupthink?

1) Why is this group a team?

2) Has anyone in this case acted unethically?

3) What, if any, characteristics of groupthink are manifested in the work team?

4) Has Karan been an effective team leader? Explain your position.

1) Do you believe that team-building activities increase productivity? Why or why not?

What other factors might be responsible for increases in profitability following a

corporate retreat?

2) What are some other ways besides those described here to build effective teams and

increase teamwork among company employees? How might these alternatives be better

or worse than corporate retreats?

3) What should companies do about employees who lack athletic talent but are still

pressured to participate in physical...