15 Group Decision Making

Torsten Reimer, Nathanael Johnson, and Juan Pablo Loaiza-Ramírez

DOI: 10.4324/9781003227458-17

Chapter Objectives

  • Understand the role of communication in exchanging and sharing information and constituting common ground.

  • Describe combination-based, communication-based, alternative-based, and cue-based decision strategies and the role of communication in implementing these strategies.

  • Provide examples for and describe the role of meta-communicative processes for group decision making.

Introduction

Decision making is a common activity that occurs in many groups and is involved in many aspects of daily life. From government committees and courtroom juries to healthcare teams, group decisions impact all aspects of ...

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