ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Team formation, development and management
A project team at Orlin Co has very strong cohesion. Members rarely challenge each other's ideas and a poor plan is approved without proper scrutiny. Which risk of high team cohesion does this illustrate?
This illustrates groupthink. In a highly cohesive team, the wish to maintain harmony suppresses challenge and critical evaluation, so weak proposals are accepted. Social loafing concerns reduced individual effort, and role ambiguity concerns unclear responsibilities, neither of which explains the uncritical approval of the plan.
- ASocial loafing
- BGroupthinkCorrect
- CRole ambiguity
Explanation
Groupthink occurs when a cohesive group's desire for harmony overrides critical evaluation, leading to poor decisions. Social loafing is reduced individual effort in a group. Role ambiguity is uncertainty over what one's role is. Neither of these describes uncritical approval of a plan.
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