Week 9 Assignment Worksheet: Groupthink
Respond to the following prompts:
1. Groupthink does not lead to good decisions. Describe a time when you participated in a group decision that was not effective. The situation can involve family, work, or a social group.
Your answer:
2. Was the problem easily solved, difficult to solve, or not solved at all?
Your answer:
3. What characteristics of groupthink were involved?
Your answer:
Grading:
Gradable items in assignment
Points
Described
participation in a group decision that was not effective.
20
Described the
result of the problem to be solved.
20
Described
characteristics of groupthink.
20
Word
count of 100—150 words in essay format, proper file naming convention and
timeliness.
10
Organization
10
Style
10
Writing Conventions
10
Total Points
100