Question

Sandy, gale, and marylou are on the board of directors for an area non-profit organization. at a recent meeting, guest david delivered a rousing speech on how group leadership is often too complex and that non-profits could often be better served by a ceo and no board of directors. sandy emphatically disagreed with david stating that not having the board could open the organization up to massive levels of corruption. gale agreed with david and feels that maybe the organization might do better if only one of the ladies were in charge, mainly herself. marylou chose not to comment on the matter, thus leading sandy to assume that she agreed with her. it could be said that sandy and gale are suffering from ________.

Answer 1

It could be said that sandy and gale are suffering from group think and group shift. Group think is defined as making decisions as a group which takes individuality away from an individuals thoughts and does what the group wants overall. Group shift is when there is an pull towards a position that a person is making the decision on that would be different if they weren't in a group setting.