Groupthink (Social Psychology)

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Groupthink (Social Psychology

Despite the advantage of commitment in executing decisions brought by groupthink , the phenomenon is blamed for compromising individual rational contribution in a group-based decision making process . This is because committing to groupthink attitude takes away the reasoning and judgmental capability of the individual members (Rothwell , 2009 Through this , the influence of an individual (s ) might undermine the viable views of other members in the group . This essay gives a brief description of a

personal experience on the negative consequences brought by group think . The author will also take a look on how such a situation could have been prevented as well as giving a discussion on possible alternatives to groupthink

Groupthink behavior is a common phenomenon among unionized employees in an organization . As members of the union , employees tent to engage their employer in protecting the job security regardless of their conduct at the workplace . This was one my personal experience during by employment after graduation from college . The incidence involved a call for employee strike following the sacking of one of the employees due to misconduct at the workplace . The particular employee was blamed for being drunkard and lateness at the workplace . Such practices had sufficiently compromised the performance of the employee , an element that prompted his discharge from job

Although effective employee engagement dictates for providing medical care to drug addicts rather than dismissal from job , our demands called for immediate reinstating of the employee...