Groupthink has been blamed for major historical disasters, but studies show there may be some benefit to it. Social scientists have noticed an interesting trend in the last few decades. Groupthink is ...

Groupthink is the term used when decision-making groups make hasty and premature decisions without doing the critical evaluation work required for making well-thought-out and good decisions.

One of the most common obstacles to effective decision making by teams is groupthink. The term is used to describe the observation that many groups make poor decisions because they try to reach a ...