Purpose To discuss our PowerPoint 'Cultural Emotions Through our Social Arrangements' and the readings to increase our understanding and knowledge of content related to cultural emotions. Task Use the reading and powerpoint to discern how the social a

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Team Management in Organizational Decision Making

The effectiveness of decision making depends on the reason for making that decision and the people who will be directly affected by it. However, I believe that groups are better decision-makers since many views will be combined to establish more effective decisions than the individual one, which may be solely based on errors from one individual making it (Macgowan, 2013). Group decision making is effective when the decision will affect a group, and there is a long time to debate various decisions presented to arrive at the most appropriate one while individual decision making is appropriate when there is no much time to deliberate on the issues at hand and when the decision made will impact only one person.

The possible biases and erratic points that are likely to arise in team communication include ethnic differences, disruption by one or more parties, unstructured hierarchy, and issued based on gender issues (Adams, 2014). The complexity of duty can also determine the possibility of experiencing an error in communication systems with a team. One key example of how an error in communication can lead to disaster is using it in an ethnically and culturally diverse team, which implies that other members’ cultural provisions will be jeopardized.

The key symptoms of groupthink include belief in inherent morality, having an illusion that the group is not vulnerable, stereotypical views among members, and the illusion of unanimity (Macgowan, 2013). Hence, these symptoms pose problems in decision making since every member believes that they are entitled to their stereotypes and views regardless of whether other group members take them negatively or not. Also, group members ignore potential risks, which may consequently affect the entire group processes.

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Adams, K. (2014). Communicating in Groups: Applications and Skills. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Macgowan, M. J. (2013). Group Dynamics. Encyclopedia of Social Work. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.166