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B.7.1 Advantages of Group Decision-Making
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| B.7.1 Advantages of Group Decision-Making In general, it is expected that a group would tend to make more effective decisions than would any single individual. Some of the advantages of group decision-making are summarized below a) Since group members are likely to have different specialties, they tend to provide more information and tend to be more comprehensive in nature. b) The group can generate number of alternatives. c) Implementation of the decisions is more effective, since the people who are going to implement the decision also participated in the decision process. This increases the commitment of the people to see to the implementation for success. d) The input from a large number of people eliminates the biases that are generally introduced in individual decision-making. It also reduces the unreliability of individual decisions. e) The participative decision-making process serves as training ground for subordinates, who develop the skills of objectives, evaluation and decision-making. f) Group decision-making is more democratic in nature while individual decision-making is more autocratic in nature. The democratic processes are more easily acceptable and are consistent with the democratic ideals of our society. 130 B.7.2 Disadvantages of Group Decision-Making There are certain drawbacks to group decisions-making. Some of the disadvantages area) It is time-consuming. It takes a great deal of time to assemble the group. In addition, a group takes more time in reaching a decision since there are many opinions to betaken into consideration. b) Some members may simply agree with the others for the sake of agreement since there are social pressures to conform and not to be the odd person. c) There maybe some personality conflicts that may create interpersonal obstacles which may diminish the efficiency of the process, as well as the quality of the decision. d) The decision made by the group may not always be inline with the goals and objectives of the organization. This is especially true when the goals of the group are in conflict with those of the organization. e) The group members may exhibit focus effect. This means that the group may focus on one or a few suggested alternatives and spend all the time evaluating these and may never come up with other ideas, thus limiting the choices. f) It is more expensive than individual decision-making. Download 3.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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