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PART A

Discussion  (Chapter 11): Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses.

Note: The first post should be made by Wednesday 11:59 p.m., EST. I am looking for active engagement in the discussion.  Please engage early and often. Your response should be 250-300 words.  Respond to two postings provided by your classmates. There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post.  Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author's words and continue to use in-text citations.

PART B

Questions for Discussion

1. Explain why it is useful to describe group work in terms

of the time/place framework.

4. Compare Simon’s four-phase decision-making model to

the steps in using GDSS.