If this sounds familiar to you, don t panic. There are decisions, but the members are indecisive g. When decisions are made, members have not taken all considerations into account first 2. When members are given responsibility, they feel more responsible to the group. Members become apathetic when they feel powerless in the final decision.
Committees soon become dormant when they are set up to pacify or divert.
Such committees see no point in knocking themselves out merely to have their work ignored. The quickest way to produce apathy is to ask for a suggestion, then to ignore it. Members say their work will be pigeon-holed b. There are complaints about the important people not being present e. If we delegate to time, we think efficiency.