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Describe the stepladder technique.
• A technique for improving the quality of group decisions that minimizes the tendency for group members to be unwilling
to present their ideas by adding new members to a group one at a time and requiring each to present his or her ideas
independently to a group that already has discussed the problem at hand
Step 1: Two Individual decisions of two independent persons
Step 2: Tentative Group Decision made by Person A and B
+ individual Decision of Person C
Step 3: Tentative Group Decision made by Person A, B and C
+ individual decision of person C
Step 4: Final Group decision made by Person A, B, C and D
to present their ideas by adding new members to a group one at a time and requiring each to present his or her ideas
independently to a group that already has discussed the problem at hand
Step 1: Two Individual decisions of two independent persons
Step 2: Tentative Group Decision made by Person A and B
+ individual Decision of Person C
Step 3: Tentative Group Decision made by Person A, B and C
+ individual decision of person C
Step 4: Final Group decision made by Person A, B, C and D

Flashcard info:
Author: Egregius
Main topic: BWL
Topic: Personalwirtschaft
School / Univ.: Universität Mannheim
Published: 11.03.2010