Group polarization occurs when the average of the group members' post-discussion attitudes tends to be more extreme than average pre-discussion attitudes.
Groupthink : Engage in when they are deeply involved
Participation: whereas employees who seek responsibility and challenge on the job may find participation in the decision-making process to be both motivating and enriching, other employees may regard such participation as a waste of time and a management imposition.
group's problem-solving capabilities:
Brainstorming is most often used in the idea-generation phase of decision making and is intended to solve problems that are new to the organization and have major consequences.
The nominal group technique uses a cycle of idea generation, discussion, and voting, which continues until an appropriate decision is reached.
The Delphi technique is a method for systematically gathering the judgments of experts for use in developing forecasts.