ASSIGNMENT

Unit 8: Group Discussion Making

1. How does the culture for group decision making developed?

Since the definition of organizational culture has been gave, it has become more easy to analysis
the effect of organizational culture on decision making.
There is no doubt that the decisions were made by the management in the organization,
according to the definition of organizational culture, the organizational culture influence the
members. Organizational culture can be divided into strong organizational cultures and weak
organizational cultures. A strong organizational culture means the organizational culture can
influence the organization more deeply than weak organizational culture. Whether organizational
culture is strong or weak can be relate to the original culture, the scale of the organization, the
liquidity of employees and the employee. As a result, a strong culture can decide how the staffs
who have a unitive attitude respond to the stimulus, on the other hand, with a weak culture of
the organization, staffs have different attitudes and responds. That means a same decision can
make different effects in two organization if the organizational cultures are different—in the
organization with a strong culture, the decision wouldbe accepted easily, and in the organization
with a weak culture, the staffs may doubt the decision and that make the decision implement
hard. So, the organizational culture influences decisions by its members and the way in which it
influences its members’ acceptance or rejection of the decision. That means when the manager
making decision, he or she must consider more thing to ensure the decision can work out
efficient.

2. What the advantages of group decision making?

Among its advantages, group decision making:

1.Generates more favorable outcomes.
2.Provides broader perspective.
3.Taps creative potential.
4.Allows increased discussion.
5.Makes wider use of resources.
6.Builds ownership and buy-in.

3. What the disadvantages of group decision making?

1. Consumption of time.
2.Different ideas and opinions.
3.Being silent in disagreement.
4.Social Pressures.
5.Priorities on certain ideas
6. Against the goals of the organization.
 7.Uncertainty in the risk-bearing factor

4. How does group decision making increase the acceptance of a decision in the
organization?

Group decision making has the advantage of drawing from the experiences
and perspectives of a larger number of individuals. More ideas might be
generated by a group than by an individual working alone. Hence, a group
may have the potential to be more creative and lead to more effective
decisions. In fact, groups may sometimes achieve results beyond what they
could have done as individuals. Groups may also make the task more
enjoyable for the members. Finally, when the decision is made by a group
rather than a single individual, implementation of the decision will be easier,
because group members will be more invested in the decision. If the group
is diverse, better decisions may be made, because different group members
may have different ideas based on their backgrounds and experiences.
Research shows that for top management teams, diverse groups that
debate issues make decisions that are more comprehensive and better for
the bottom line.