Wiser : getting beyond groupthink to make groups smarter / Cass R. Sunstein and Reid Hastie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: vi, 252 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781422122990 (alk. paper)
  • 1422122952 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM 746 .S86 2015
Contents:
From high hopes to fiascos -- Amplifying errors -- Cascades -- Group polarization -- "What everybody knows" -- Eight ways to reduce failures -- A framework for improvement : identifying and selecting solutions -- When are crowds wise? -- How to harness experts -- Tips for using tournaments -- Prediction markets -- Asking the public -- "One ball" -- Conclusion: The bright future.
Summary: "We've all been involved in group decisions--and they're hard. And they often turn out badly. Why? Many blame bad decisions on 'groupthink' without a clear idea of what that term really means. Now, Nudge coauthor Cass Sunstein and leading decision-making scholar Reid Hastie shed light on the specifics of why and how group decisions go wrong--and offer tactics and lessons to help leaders avoid the pitfalls and reach better outcomes"--Dust jacket flap.
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Includes bibliographical references (215-233) and index.

From high hopes to fiascos -- Amplifying errors -- Cascades -- Group polarization -- "What everybody knows" -- Eight ways to reduce failures -- A framework for improvement : identifying and selecting solutions -- When are crowds wise? -- How to harness experts -- Tips for using tournaments -- Prediction markets -- Asking the public -- "One ball" -- Conclusion: The bright future.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"We've all been involved in group decisions--and they're hard. And they often turn out badly. Why? Many blame bad decisions on 'groupthink' without a clear idea of what that term really means. Now, Nudge coauthor Cass Sunstein and leading decision-making scholar Reid Hastie shed light on the specifics of why and how group decisions go wrong--and offer tactics and lessons to help leaders avoid the pitfalls and reach better outcomes"--Dust jacket flap.

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