Groupthink is defined as a degradation of mental efficiency, the ability to distinguish good from bad, right & wrong, and objectivity to differentiate reality from the falsity of group members to maintain group cohesiveness. People tend to abide by the phenomenon of making consensus amongst themselve...
What is a Group. Types of Groups A group is defined as: two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives. In organizations there is a need to study group behavior along... ...
Groups also provide social support, which is especially critical for new ideas. But when new perspectives are rejected (as in the "not invented here" syndrome), it is hard to correct errors. And if the social support was geared toward supporting the group's "accepted wisdom," the elements ...
“I know there is pressure to present a nice tidy story as regards apparent unprecedented warming in a thousand years or more in the temperature proxy data but in reality the situation is not quite so simple .. I believe that the recent warmth was probably matched about 1,000 years ago.”...
Illusions of unanimity: silence is perceived as agreement; and, Mindguards: self-appointed members who “protect” the group from contradictory information. Seven symptoms of groupthink (not pictured: mindguarding). People Wiliam H. Whyte Jr. Born in 1917, Whyte joined the Marines and became an...
Don't treat conflict as a dirty word:Groupthink happens because conflict is avoided, not embraced. Help your team understand how constructive disagreements can be a good thing. Remember, debating is different to arguing. Bring in the experts:Find a subject matter expert and ask them to sit ...
Groupthink is capable of recognising only one form of truth, and to regard other interpretations of reality as ipso facto mistaken or insane. Although I was on the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland committees that appointed Carragher, I was pessimistic about her chances of nailing the culture that...
It is also important to understand the factors necessary for groupthink to exist, which was the base used as a starting point for these three studies. A high level of cohesiveness is usually present when groupthink occurs, and there is a great reluctance on the part of group members to ...
First, indoctrination and groupthink are explored as ways that individuals come to adopt such views, most commonly through limiting their reasoning to binary thought processes. Then research on predictors such as religious extremism, right-wing political orientation, and authoritarianism is reviewed which...
Contrary to your memory of the legendary comic strip, there were rules to Calvinball that went something like this: Calvin got to make the rules up as he went along. In geopolitics it pretty much comes down to whoever is the strongest player got that power. Here’s the thing. Up until...