Team Decision Making

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Team Decision Making

• OS 386
• Oct 29, 2002
• Fisher

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Agenda

• Conduct team decision making exercise in LDL
  rooms
• Reconvene to discuss exercise and results

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Team Decision Making Exercise

• Divide into 8 teams
• Each team will be assigned a decision making
  scenario
• In LDL rooms, complete exercise and answer
  questions
• Reconvene in classroom at 15 minutes before hour
  (845 or 145)

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Team Decision Making Techniques

• Idea generation and discussion
• Group brainstorming
• Individual idea generation
• Decision making methods
• Majority vote
• Multivoting
• Unanimous vote
• Consensus
• Nominal group technique

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Team Decision Making Exercise Discussion

• What was your decision?
• What were some of the benefits of the method your
  team used?
• What challenges did your team encounter, and how
  did you overcome them?

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Key learning points

• Five commonly used team decision making models
• Most appropriate decision making method depends
  on task, team characteristics

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For next class

• Individual research paper is due at the beginning
  of class
• Deductions will be taken if paper is handed in
  later than that
• Still time to come see me with questions
• Follow-up exercise to communication topic
• No new reading required
• Bring notes from communication lecture