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Rob is concerned that the decision-making of his workgroup is headed in a direction that will not please his supervisor. Whenever someone brings up something his supervisor would not like, Rob dismisses their point or even mocks them. Rob is best described as ____.
 
  a. squelching dissent
 b. rationalizing
 c. feeling invulnerable
  d. feeling unanimous

Question 2

A workgroup has to make a decision about whether to undertake a difficult project. Administration is pressing them to take on the task but several members are concerned about the potential for disaster. The group leader, wanting to please the administration, begins squelching dissent, resulting in ____.
 
  a. group cohesion.
 b. groupthink
 c. pragmatic reasoning
  d. overconfidence


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Silverbeard98

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b


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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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