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Effects Of Information Importance And Distribution On Information Exchange In Team Decision Making, Babajide James Osatuyi
Effects Of Information Importance And Distribution On Information Exchange In Team Decision Making, Babajide James Osatuyi
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Teams in organizations are strategically built with members from domains and experiences so that a wider range of information and options can be pooled. This strategic team structure is based on the assumption that when team members share the information they have, the team as a whole can access a larger pool of information than any one member acting alone, potentially enabling them to make better decisions. However, studies have shown that teams, unlike individuals, sometimes do not effectively share and use the unique information available to them, leading to poorer decisions. Research on information sharing in team decision making …