Group Decision Making and Team Effectiveness

Discover how to transform low-performing groups into triumphant winners

Teams are a reality of organizational life. Today's organizations consist of interconnected groups of people, and "teaming" appears to be a permanent reality. How people relate to one another in the integration of task/social and emotional activities is the core issue if teams are to be effective. This Model is designed to explore the basic dynamics of group problem solving and to examine some of the common pitfalls characterizing groups that perform poorly. More important, a fail-safe alternative to such pitfalls is presented in the form of an in-depth blueprint for managing Commitment, Conflict, Creativity, and Consensus - the "Four Cs" of creative group problem solving.

This module delivers the following benefits:

Experience the power of consensus decision-making
Discover the "best" way to lead for creativity
To provide an opportunity for the assessment and critique of individual contributions to team action.
To explore the efficacy of individual as compared to group productivity in the making of decisions
To experiment with the consensus technique of group functioning

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