applications and contexts
type: Concept
related: groupthink

cognitions and feelings
type: Concept
related: groupthink

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: groupthink

decision making
type: Concept
related: groupthink

decision making in business
type: Concept
related: groupthink

democracy and democratization
type: Concept
related: groupthink

group and organizational concepts
type: Concept
related: groupthink

group decision making
type: Concept
narrower: groupthink

group development
type: Concept
related: groupthink

group influence
type: Concept
related: groupthink

group performance and problem solving
type: Concept
narrower: groupthink

groups, teams, and teamwork
type: Concept
related: groupthink

groupthink
type: Concept
broader: group decision making
broader: group performance and problem solving
definition: Groupthink refers to the psychological group dynamic that can lead to disastrous decision making. Developed by Irving Janis, the concept of groupthink explains how well-intended political leaders have made notoriously bad foreign policy decisions, such as the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Groupthink]
related: public administration
related: decision making
related: democracy and democratization
related: situational leadership
related: leadership (political)
related: group influence
related: group and organizational concepts
related: power and social psychology
related: decision making in business
related: political concepts
related: cognitions and feelings
related: politics, power, and war
related: applications and contexts
related: sociology of crisis management
related: power and social theory
related: group development
related: groups, teams, and teamwork
related: managing groups

leadership (political)
type: Concept
related: groupthink

managing groups
type: Concept
related: groupthink

political concepts
type: Concept
related: groupthink

politics, power, and war
type: Concept
related: groupthink

power and social psychology
type: Concept
related: groupthink

power and social theory
type: Concept
related: groupthink

public administration
type: Concept
related: groupthink

situational leadership
type: Concept
related: groupthink

sociology of crisis management
type: Concept
related: groupthink