Decision Making

Question 1

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A group’s combined memories, including each member’s memories, the group’s shared mental models, and transactive memory systems.

Answer 1

Collective Memory

Question 2

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A strategy or rule used in a group to select a single alternative from among various alternatives proposed and discussed during the group’s deliberations, including explicitly acknowledged decision rules.

Answer 2

Social Decision Scheme

Question 3

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A theory of decision making and leadership developed by Victor Vroom that predicts the effectiveness of group-centered, consultative, and autocratic decisional procedures across a number of group settings.

Answer 3

Normative Model of Decision Making

Question 4

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Victor Vroom’s most recent Model of Decision Making identifies these five basic types of
decision-making process:

Answer 4

Decide, Consult (Individual), Consult (Group), Facilitate, Delegate

Question 5

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When Norbert Kerr, Robert MacCoun, and Geoffrey Kramer (1996a, 1996b) reviewed the research literature looking for studies of these mental glitches in decision making, they identified the three general categories of potential bias. What are they?

Answer 5

Sins of Commission, Sins of Omission, Sins of Imprecision