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    1. Groupthink refers to faulty decision making that can occur in groups as a result of pressures toward conformity and uniformity. 2. Symptoms of groupthink include self-censorship, illusion of unanimity, and self-appointed "mindguards" who shield the group from dissenting opinions. 3. To prevent groupthink, it is important to encourage independent thinking, bring in outside perspectives, and allow for reconsideration of decisions.

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    1. Groupthink refers to faulty decision making that can occur in groups as a result of pressures toward conformity and uniformity. 2. Symptoms of groupthink include self-censorship, illusion of unanimity, and self-appointed "mindguards" who shield the group from dissenting opinions. 3. To prevent groupthink, it is important to encourage independent thinking, bring in outside perspectives, and allow for reconsideration of decisions.

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    1. Groupthink refers to faulty decision making that can occur in groups as a result of pressures toward conformity and uniformity. 2. Symptoms of groupthink include self-censorship, illusion of unanimity, and self-appointed "mindguards" who shield the group from dissenting opinions. 3. To prevent groupthink, it is important to encourage independent thinking, bring in outside perspectives, and allow for reconsideration of decisions.

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    1. Groupthink refers to faulty decision making that can occur in groups as a result of pressures toward conformity and uniformity. 2. Symptoms of groupthink include self-censorship, illusion of unanimity, and self-appointed "mindguards" who shield the group from dissenting opinions. 3. To prevent groupthink, it is important to encourage independent thinking, bring in outside perspectives, and allow for reconsideration of decisions.

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    The key takeaways are that groupthink refers to faulty decision making in groups and was identified by Irving Janis. Some symptoms of groupthink include self-censorship, illusion of unanimity, and collective rationalization.

    Some symptoms of groupthink discussed are self-censorship, illusion of unanimity, illusion of invulnerability, collective rationalization, and loyalty pressure.

    Some ways to deal with groupthink discussed are to encourage open communication, have critical evaluation roles, not express opinions when assigning tasks, get outside feedback, and have experts challenge the group's views.

    Groupthink

    Groupthink

    History of Groupthink
    Groupthink is a concept that was identified by Irving Janis (In the 1972, book Victims of Groupthink)that refers to faulty decisionmaking in a group Groupthink has been used over the years to help understand group dynamics and why certain groups are successful and others lead to disaster

    Groupthink

    Groupthink is the name given to a theory that was developed by Irving Janis (1972) to describe faulty decision making that can occur in groups as a result of forces that bring a group together (group cohesion)

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    Symptoms of Groupthink

    Overestimation of the Group

    Closed-Mindedness

    Pressures Toward Uniformity

    Illusion of Invulnerability

    Collective Rationalization

    Self-Censorship

    Belief in inherent morality of the group

    Stereotypes of OutGroups

    Illusion of Unanimity

    Loyalty Pressure

    Self-appointed mind guards


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    Illusion of Invulnerability
    Creates excessive optimism that encourages taking extreme risks The group starts to think it always makes the right decisions they can do no wrong.

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    Belief in Inherent Morality


    after making many correct decisions the group begins to overlook the negatives Members believe in the rightness of their cause and therefore ignore the ethical or moral consequences of their decisions

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    Collective Rationalization
    Group discount warnings and do not reconsider their assumptions The group creates rationalizations such as, We know there is contrary opinion to this decision but weve been right before in the face of negativity and well we right this time too
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    Pre Sep/11 warnings

    Self-censorship
    Individuals fear /question if they might look like a fool for raising their concerns. Fear of been laughed at by the group

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    Illusion of Unanimity
    Does everyone agree with this decision? Everyone might disagree but everyone thinks that everyone else agrees The majority of team members view and judgments assumed to be unanimous

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    Loyalty Pressure
    Team members under pressure not to raise any contrary opinion against the groups view. Matt always said here is MR. it wont work

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    Self-appointed mindguards
    People who protect the leader or group from hearing disagreeable facts from inside or outside the group to protect the group cohesiveness
    (787-747 leaders)

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    How to deal with Groupthink?


    Encourage the team members to speak their mind. Each team member should have a critical evaluation role. Higher-ups shouldnt express and opinion when assigning a task to a group Team members should ask for feed back from trusted members from other groups Invite experts to the group meeting to challenge the group view and ideas. Second chance meetings where experts get the opportunity to review and challenge decisions
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    Questions?
    Please dont ask!!! Lets move on

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    1.Self-censorship where people are frightened of raising any doubts or asking questions. 2.Illusion of unanimity where the deafening silence is taken as a sign that everyone agrees. 3.Self appointed gatekeepers who make sure that any information contrary to the prevailing point of view does not get through. 4.Illusion of invulnerability where people are too optimistic and upbeat and ignore the problem signs, leading to poor risk management and a failure to plan for contingencies. 5.Rationalization where the group explains away information or opinions that are contrary to the prevailing point of view. 6.Collective conformity where members of the group pressure anyone dissenting to get into line. 7.Illusion of morality where everyone in the group believes their decisions are morally correct.

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    References
    http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Managing_Groups_and_Teams/Groupthink http://rebarcamp.com/charlotte/?p=367 http://ariane-arianeatu.blogspot.com/ http://www.google.com/imgres?q=groupthink&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=wrtKWGROgF0UM:&imgrefurl=http://www.decision-making-solutions.com/Connected_Decisions-group-decision-makinggroupthink.html&docid=_eRu2XSZlQRuM&w=200&h=200&ei=sY0vTv2wB8ffiALqgsQr&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=200&vpy=239&dur=40&hovh=160&hovw=1 60&tx=86&ty=76&page=6&tbnh=136&tbnw=137&start=91&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:91&biw=1311&bih=625 http://www.superheronation.com/2011/04/ http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/we-will-not-be-silent/we-will-not-be-silent/ http://www.google.com/imgres?q=selfcensorship&um=1&hl=en&sa=G&tbm=isch&tbnid=wBl8FFXr8vIaFM:&imgrefurl=http://www.motifake.com/self-censorshipcensorship-challenge-demotivational-posters104092.html&docid=EpkK95kB9hp2dM&w=640&h=512&ei=ykYyTtG0I6PViAKrurnDCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1014&vpy=2 75&dur=4028&hovh=201&hovw=251&tx=137&ty=98&page=1&tbnh=137&tbnw=176&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:0&bi w=1311&bih=625 http://inventorspot.com/articles/does_social_media_produce_groupthink_30660

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