Traditional Faculty Meeting Style is Not Conducive to Group

Decision MakingTerry Oroszi, M.S.

Wright State University

Hypothesis

“There is a need for a new group decision making model in an academic setting.“

Defined...

“The voting process can be done verbally, with a raised hand, or with paper and pen.”

Introduction

“Participants may include faculty at different promotional levels, managers, mentors, and colleagues.”

Introduction

“The facilitator should stay neutral on the content of the group’s decisions.”

Introduction

“Higher ranking faculty typically speak more than lower ranking ones and often males speak more than females.”

Complications of Group Decision Making

Bad behavior undermines meetings.

Benefits of Group Decision Making

“The collective experiences and knowledge of a group trumps an individual.”

Framework

“There are 3 currently used group decision making methods collectively used to make the current decision making model seen in some faculty meetings.”

Decision Making Methods

“The model of group decision making that closely mimics a faculty meeting is the Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) model.”

Naturalistic Decision Making Model Political Model Rational Model

Multi-Attribute Utility Analysis Model Decision Analysis Model

Decision Making Methods

“Black (1948) suggested a question answer response model where the answers are weighted.”

Nominal Group Technique Delphi Technique Black Method

MethodologyParticipants and sampling descriptions

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