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Title Groupthink / CRM Films ; written and directed by Kirby Timmons ; produced by Melanie Mihal.

Publication Info. Carlsbad, CA : CRM Films, [1992]
©1992

Call No.HM746 .G78 1992 Circulation Desk Library has more than one copy of the guide.
LocationMoore Video

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Video  HM746 .G78 1992  1991    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
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)
digital
optical
video file
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.
Group decision making.
Decision making.
Decision making.
Group relations training.
Group relations training.
Thought and thinking.
Thought and thinking.
Social groups.
Social groups.
Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents.
Challenger (Spacecraft)
Accidents.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Timmons, Kirby.
Stanhope, Warren.
Nihal, Melanie.
Janis, Irving L. (Irving Lester), 1918-1990.
CRM Films.
CRM Learning (Firm)
Music No. ACR375 CRM Learning