RAT 3: Ch. 9 Decision Making in Teams

What is decision making in teams?

• The process of making choices

• The process of avoiding choices

• The process of ignoring outcomes

• The process of delaying actions

Why is decision making important in teams?

• To create confusion

• To enhance teamwork

• To discourage collaboration

• To limit creativity

Which of the following is NOT an approach to individual decision making?

• Leader decides autocratically.

• Designated expert makes the decision.

• Wisdom of the Crowd.

• Consultative: Leader consults with the team and then decides.

In group decision making, what does the 'Consensus' approach entail?

• Team discusses, votes, and decides by majority rule.

• Aggregating team decisions without interaction.

• All team members participate and agree to accept the decision.

• Leader decides autocratically.

What does 'Prediction Markets' involve in the context of Crowd and Algorithmic decision making?

• Use algorithms to identify patterns and make predictions.

• Aggregate the response of a large, diverse group.

• Participants make forecasts by buying and selling various probabilities of an event occurring.

• Team discusses, votes, and decides by majority rule.

Which approach to decision making uses algorithms to identify patterns and make predictions?

• Group decision making.

• Individual decision making.

• Consensus.

• Artificial Intelligence.

Which of the following is NOT a way to arrive at the best decision according to the learning material?

• Delegating the decision to a team leader

• Deferring to an expert

• Voting

• Using an artificial intelligence algorithm

What is one of the interrelated criteria for evaluating a decision-making approach?

• Cost-effectiveness

• Quality

• Simplicity

• Time consumption

According to the learning material, what does facilitating productive task conflict help with?

• Reducing the time taken to make decisions

• Improving decisions

• Decreasing the quality of decisions

• Avoiding the need for consensus

What aspect of decision-making varies in importance as per the criteria for evaluating decision-making approaches?

• Quality

• Speed

• Acceptance

• Consistency