To analyze you must break down the decision to all the elementary parts. You have to focus on the social predisposition of the leader so not to misinterpret it. Look at the event and explain it. You need to take an outside perspective when analyzing a decision. You also need a great deal of knowledge about the event and the leader to understand what they were thinking.
Leaders tend to lie about what happened if decision is wrong.
If we are going to explain an error in judgment, how can we claim it is right because we are all people, and everyone view situations differently. Environment A. Janis believes that a decision is the consensus of the group. The Friends of Bill - the group of advisors at the beginning of Clinton's first term that were instrumental in the decisions made during this time. The group that surround the leader conditions the decisions the leader makes. There is pressure within group to conform to the group.