Bound awareness, as aforementioned, is exhibited when an individual making a decision fails to recognize all the options available that are necessary for a valid decision (Bazerman & Sezer, 2016). Consequently, this phenomenal result in biases decisions. However, when in groups, an individual can possess information that other individuals in the group do not possess (Chugh & Bazerman, 2007). This is a great advantage since individuals in a group can come together and share ideas on a matter during a decision-making process. In bounded awareness in groups, members of the groups are able to broaden the spectrum of ideas and options thereby eliminating the bounded awareness of an individual.
Case Scenario of Bounded awareness in groups. The advantages of bounded awareness in groups are evident in the case of an individual seeking help from friends, family or colleagues when making a decision on housing. This is what Reike, Sillars, and Peterson (2013), terms as argumentation. In so doing, an individual is able to receive more facts and options that they had not perceived on their own (Chugh & Bazerman, 2007). Bazerman and Moore (2013), however warns that this advantage is only evident where individuals in groups share information that is unique to each individual in the group.
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