Objectives
- To consider how making assumptions can derail the decision-making process.
- To analyse the decision making process and the influence of team members in decision making.
Time
45 minutes
Materials Required
Flip chart and marker pens.
One Population Control Worksheet for each team member.
Instructions
- Hand out a Population Control Worksheet to each team member and ask them, without discussing with anyone, to rank the countries in order of population size from 1 (highest) to 15 (lowest).
- Divide the team into groups of five or six persons each and ask them to discuss and come to a group consensus on the right answer.
- If you like you can record the group results on a flip chart.
- Hand out the answer sheet.
Debrief
- The importance of the debrief is to discuss whether stronger voices in the group dominated and swayed the conclusion. Were the timid voices respected? Did anyone feel that they were not listened to at any time and actually had the right answer (call for a show of hands)? Was knowledge effectively pooled to get the best result?
- Was there disagreement amongst group members and how was this resolved?
- How was the communication? Were group members polite to each other, did they listen and let others speak?