Groupthink: An Impediment to Success
- ISBN-10
- 1450060994
- ISBN-13
- 9781450060998
- Series
- Groupthink
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Xlibris Corporation
- Author
- Clifton Wilcox
Description
Researchers have hypothesised that teamthink and groupthink are two separate and distinct phenomena. Teamthink is based on realistic, optimistic thought patterns.17 By contrast, groupthink is dysfunctional, characterised by overly ...
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- 1983
- 351 pages
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- 1982
- 349 pages
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