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Benefits of Team Decision Making
Benefits of Team Decision Making
June 12, 2000
* "New and different ideas emerge.
* Understanding and support increases.
* Individual points of view are aired and reconciled.
* Self-interests are surfaced and incorporated into decisions.
* Strong commitment to the decision develops.
* Increased learning and personal growth occur.
* Intellectual competence is enhanced.
* Increased awareness and empathy for the decision-making process are created.
* No winners or losers emerge; therefore, there is greater unity among team members.
* Team members are persuaded, rather than coerced.
* More opinions and viewpoints are expressed.
* The importance of each member's view is confirmed.
* Backroom politics are discouraged.
* More thought and energy are required than for a simple vote (Harrington-Mackin, 1994, p.95)."
Reference: Harrington-Mackin, D. (1994). The team building tool kit:
tips, tactics, and rules for effective workplace teams. New York:
Amacon.
How well does your team make decisions?
The Team Building Tool Kit is available on loan from the OSU Leadership Center. A complete listing of all the Leadership Center's resources is available on our website www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~leaders
Created: 2009-01-02, Updated: 2009-01-12
