Decisions-by-committee are inherently problematic. They are often dominated by the loudest voice in the room, resulting in unclear authority and prolonged debates that delay resolutions. And worst of ...

CEO of Customer Think Corp, Bob Thompson, penned an article in October 2012 where he berated those involved in B2B sales and marketing for failing to acknowledge the growth in customer power when it ...

Having one person at your company make all the decisions is simpler, but not necessarily better than having a larger pool complete the task. Group decisions, whether by consensus or majority vote, can ...

Large arrows coloured red, green and yellow point north, west and east - or up, right and left - in three directions, to offer directions to seminars for Ernst & Young staff during their annual ...

Most of us have tried to make an important business decision through consensus at some point in our careers. How hard was it to get the group to agree on everything? My bet is that it was nearly ...

We all work in groups sometimes. We brainstorm in groups. Students work on group projects. Even faculty at universities work in committees, and our research projects are generally collaborations.

Broadly speaking, decision support systems are a set of manual or computer-based tools that assist in some decision-making activity. In today’s business environment, however, decision support systems ...