Hints and Tips

Approaches to decision making:

• Problems with many possible solutions - creative brainstorming

• Problems with one best-suited solution - analysis

Range of group decisions:

• Individual actually making the decision, to

• Groups of people making the decision.

Influences on Group Decisions
Peer Pressure:

• Members are reluctant to go against the majority viewpoint

• Critical reasoning stifled leading to wrong decisions being made - groupthink

• Successful groups are over confident and so take riskier decisions

Majority view:

• Groups make more extreme decisions than each individual's decisions

• Group polarisation

Pulling your weight:

• Individuals put in less effort into achieving decisions than other members
  Social loafing

Team meetings
When planning consider:

• Timing -- when to hold the meeting

• Purpose - why the meeting is being held

• Location - where to hold the meeting

During the meeting be aware of:

• Timing

• Good chairmanship

• Interruptions

• Actions and agreement

After the meeting, the minutes should:

• Be circulated to all members and others if appropriate

• Focus on matters discussed, agreements reached and actions