decision making in groups

autocratic

one person making the decisions and whatever they say goes

democratic

voting amongst all people in a group, majority vote ends up happening

consensus

similar to democratic but 100% of the people in the group have to say use otherwise the decision cannot be made

group polarization

tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than those made by individuals

groupthink

a syndrome characterized by a concurrence-seeking tendency that overrides the ability of a cohesive group to make critical decisions

illusion of invulnerability

"we have been successful so far, what can go wrong?"

illusion of morality

"we are doing the right thing morally so why question it? if you are questioning it you could be on the immorality side"

shared negative stereotypes

developing negative stereotypes about outsiders. "they're not as good"

collective rationalization

"well it worked last time and if we do something different it will just overcomplicate things"

self-censorship

withholding opposing views to not disrupt all the agreements

illusion of unanimity

"well if someone disagrees they would've said something by now"

direct conformity pressure

"you have to agree with us"

mindguards

people in the group that starts feeling like they have to keep everyone together. if someone strays away they have to pull them back

conformity

process of adhering to group norms

improving team decision making cycle (i am unsure what this is but i'm sure this is important to remember)

recognition -> judgment -> prioritization -> action

wisdom of the crowd

phenomenon by which a diverse group of novices can out-perform a homogenous group of experts because they can identify each other's error in judgements

deepseek vs. chatgpt takeaway

DeepSeek was developed by a bunch of younger and newer people to the field. DeepSeek is more efficient in gathering information than ChatGPT which was developed by older and more experienced people

brainstorming

group processes of generating ideas or solutions through a noncritical or nonjudgmental process

shared mental models

team member's shared understanding of important aspects of common work goals

project task force

nontraditional organization of workers who are assembled to complete a specific job or projects (ex: covid; doctors and government officials coming together to make decisions on what to do)

self-managing work teams

teams that have complete responsibility for whole tasks (ex: team that's working on an app. once finished they move on to the next)

shared leadership

when leadership is shared among the group members rather than being centralized

lack of control

feeling of having little input or effect on the job and/ or work environment

team organization

non-traditional organizational structure consisting of members organized around a particular project or product

team building

type of team training focused on how to improve team performance by analyzing group interaction

team process models: IMOI model

inputs (anything that team members bring to the table), mediators (anything like the team climate/ affect/ cohesiveness), outputs (becomes the inputs at the end of the cycle)

multistream systems

networks of multiple interdependent teams that work together toward a shared overarching goal