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Application Exercise Week 3

Running Head : APPLICATION EXERCISE

Application Exercise : Week Three

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What I 've found most interesting about the Week 3 study material , is the term group polarization . It refers to the tendency to accept a more extreme course of actions after a group discussion than the initial disposition allowed to predict that is , if a group is initially inclined to risky behavior , the final solution will be even more risky and vice versa , if a group has a conservative view of the subject , the final decision will be

even more conservative after the discussion (Johnson Johnson , 2009 ,

.274 . This is a phenomenon that I had witnessed in the past but that I had no theoretical explanation of Indeed , when there is an optimistic view of the situation , group meetings seem to encourage group members even more , and they tend to make rather risky decisions . Once I had been involved in a similar situation and , with my spirits raised by the enthusiasm of others , I made my contribution into accepting a decision that was rather risky Some time after the meeting , when my increased enthusiasm gave way to rationalism , I felt that it was too adventurous . Fortunately , everything worked out well , but I remembered this experience . I believe , allowance should be made for the phenomenon of group polarization when making decisions . It should be constantly remembered that there is a danger of accepting a hazardous course of actions . It is true not only for organizational environment but for...

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