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Small Group Communication Mind Map 2 (Specific Decision-Making Techniques)

- - - - • Quick
      - • Efficient in large groups
      - • Each vote counts equally
    - - • Close decisions (5–4) may reduce internal and external “buy-in”
      - • Doesn’t take advantage of group synergy to develop alternatives that more members can support
      - • Minority may feel alienated
  - - - • Quick
      - • Decision quality is better than what less knowledgeable people could produce
      - • Experts are typically objective and less easy to influence
    - - • Expertise must be verified
      - • Experts can be difficult to find / pay for
      - • Group members may feel useless
  - - - Quick
      - Buy-in could be high if authority is respected
    - - • Authority may not be seen as legitimate, leading to less buy-in
      - • Group members may try to sway the authority or compete for his or her attention
      - • Unethical authorities could make decisions that benefit them and harm group members
  - - - • High-quality decisions due to time invested
      - • Higher level of commitment because of participation in decision
      - • Satisfaction with decision because of shared agreement
    - - • Time consuming
      - • Difficult to manage idea and personal conflict that can emerge as ideas are debated
      - • Decision may be OK but not ideal