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- Title
Nominal Versus Interacting Group Processes for Committee Decision-Making Effectiveness.
- Authors
Van De Ven, Andrew; Delbecq, Andre L.
- Abstract
The article reviews literature dealing with the relative effectiveness of interacting (spontaneous group discussion) versus nominal (individual silent effort in a group setting) group processes for problem-solving committees. The authors conclude that the optimal combination of group processes for a problem-solving committee is: (1) the use of nominal group processes for fact-finding, idea generation, or initial subjective probability estimation in the first phase of a committee's work; (2) the use of structured feedback and interacting discussion in the second phase; and (3) nominal group voting for final independent individual judgments in the final phase.
- Subjects
ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; GROUP problem solving; GROUP decision making; CREATIVE thinking; DECISION making; ESTIMATION theory; ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness; TEAMS in the workplace; GROUP process; PROBABILITY theory
- Publication
Academy of Management Journal, 1971, Vol 14, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
0001-4273
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/255307