Question

For seven years, Bonnie Patterson has been a manager at Wayne and Watson, a legal consultancy firm. A good part of her workday involves holding meetings, and she likes to follow a well-defined schedule. For this reason, members of her team receive the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, followed by some time to contemplate the issue at hand individually.Subsequently, the team members present their ideas one after the​ other, the group discusses them​ together, and​ lastly, a ranking is done to choose the most favored idea. This represents the​ ________ approach of group decision making.

A. interacting
B. brainstorming
C. nominal group
D. reference group
E. groupthink

Answer 1

C. Nominal group

Step-by-step explanation:

Nominal group is fixed on identifying problems, generating appropriate solutions and making decisions. In this technique, individuals are expected to brainstorm and come up with ideas rather than brainstorming as a group. These different thoughts and ideas are evaluated, ranked and accepted as a group.

Just like what goes on in Watson, members of the team are giving the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, followed by some time to brainstorm on the issue at hand individually. Afterward, these ideas are presented individually and the group discusses them together. The decision is made based on the most favored idea.