Playing a Role Read “Team Exercise” which is at the end of the Individual and Gr
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Question
Playing a Role
Read “Team Exercise” which is at the end of the Individual and Group Decision Making section of your text.
Use this scenario (which is about the assembly line rush order) to answer the following questions:
1. You are on the team which was assigned to make the decision about whether or not to stop current production and fill the rush job order which has come in. The team is currently leaning toward stopping current production and fulfilling the custom job. Your role on the team is to be the “Devil’s Advocate.” What statement(s) would you present to the team as the Devil’s Advocate?
2. You are on the team which was assigned to make the decision about whether or not to stop current production and fill the rush job order which has come in. The team is currently leaning toward telling the “big customer” who wants the rush order that the company will be unable to fill the job. Your role on the team is to stimulate dialectical inquiry. What will you point out to the team as you fulfill this role? [Remember that your job is to force “group members to ‘think outside the box’ and look at new ways to analyze the problem.”]
3. What would be your decision if you, alone, were presented with the dilemma? How would you come up with a decision? Are there questions you would want to ask before making a final decision? If so, what are those questions?
Explanation / Answer
I would ask following questions as per my role as a devil’s advocate: