More than 20, people don t participate. Planning groups, discussion groups Try to arrive at a formal conclusion. Assets of groups More information than an individual alone. More approaches to a problem. Greater acceptance of decisions.
People are more likely to understand what the decision means.
Liabilities of groups Social pressure to conform. Don t work through it well. Individual goals in conflict. Assets OR liabilities of groups Disagreement. Have to agree on the nature of the problem in order to solve it.