Question

The president of Zantak, Inc., has implemented a new policy requiring individuals to submit their written opinions about issues to be discussed in an upcoming group meeting. This policy is intended to prevent the group from making decisions on the basis of cohesion and agreement, rather than critical thinking. In other words, the president wants to avoid ________

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is:

Groupthink

Explanation:

Groupthink was described by Irving L. Janis in 1972 as a phenomena that commonly leads people to make decisions as a whole group by  consensus. Sometimes in this kind of decision making people propose their own ideas and sometimes they just join the collective concepts proposed by others acting as a support for the final decision.

One of the strategies used to avoid this kind of behavior is to predispose the audience as a kind of threat, in which they have a direct pressure when they ask questions or express opinions. This strategy will divide the group avoiding a general agreement.