Disadvantages of Group Decision-Making

If managed incorrectly, group decision-making can result in poor business outcomes. A flawed group decision-making facilitation process might:

• Trivialize or replace high-priority tasks with lower priority tasks, resulting in collective procrastination
• Diffuse accountability throughout the entire group, thereby avoiding responsibility for poor outcomes
• Create inefficient groups that struggle to focus on the big picture and go off on tangents
• Contribute to “groupthink” where group members reach a consensus without critically evaluating alternative viewpoints.