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LCritchfi

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on: Jul 1, 2018
What is groupthink and why does it occur?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of these industries in the U.S. is the most profitable?
 
  a. insurance
  b. hospital administration
  c. pharmaceuticals
  d. medical technologies
  e. physician education


aloop

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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Groupthink refers to a situation in which pressures toward uniformity discourage members of the group from expressing their reservations about group decisions, sometimes with tragic results. It occurs when group members are hesitant to break from assumed consensus, when members are more focused on a unified position than making the best decisions possible.

Answer to Question 2

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