Edition |
Rev. ed. |
Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 22 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leader's guide (12 pages ; 28 cm) |
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digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Performer |
Host and narrator, Warren Stanhope. |
Credits |
Editor, Jill Nemiro ; music supervision, Richard McCurdy. |
Summary |
Summary: Presents case histories of tragedies like space shuttle Challenger, Pearl Harbor and the Cuban Bay of Pigs which resulted from the natural tendency to achieve agreement for the sake of group unity. Features interviews with Dr. Irving Janis and Dr. James K. Esser and gives groupthink symptoms to avoid. |
System Details |
DVD. |
Summary |
Discusses the late Irving Janis' ideas on groupthink and an analysis of the eight symptoms of groupthink, a natural tendency to achieve agreement for the sake of group unity despite contrary facts and potentially dangerous consequences. Examines the group interactions that led to the space shuttle Challenger disaster of 1986, and includes an interview with Janis discussing groupthink. |
Contents |
Definition of groupthink -- Decision to launch -- The 8 symptoms of groupthink -- Overestimation of the group -- Closed mindedness -- Pressure towards uniformity -- Fostering a positive decision-making climate. |
Subject |
Group decision making.
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Group decision making. |
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Decision making.
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Decision making. |
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Group relations training.
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Group relations training. |
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Thought and thinking.
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Thought and thinking. |
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Social groups.
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Social groups. |
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Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents.
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Challenger (Spacecraft) |
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Accidents. |
Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Timmons, Kirby.
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Stanhope, Warren.
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Nihal, Melanie.
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Janis, Irving L. (Irving Lester), 1918-1990.
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CRM Films.
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CRM Learning (Firm)
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Music No. |
ACR375 CRM Learning |
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