Why do groups of talented and experienced individuals make disastrously bad collective judgments, such as the Kennedy administration's flawed decision to proceed with the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961? In his pioneering research on collective decision making, Irving Janis introduced the concept of "groupthink"—a deliberately Orwellian neologism—to describe such occurrences. Now, in the first book-length study of groupthink since Janis's work, Paul 't Hart has provided a rigorous and systematic version of this influential theory which opens several new avenues for research.
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Paul 't Hart is one of the few scholars who have been able to build effectively on Janis's insights and his first-rate book places the concept of groupthink on a rigorous, intellectually systematic footing.
(Fred I. Greenstein, Princeton University )This unique book pushes ahead the work of Irving Janus, opening up the black box of group processes and providing a key to comprehending and improving this critical component of governance.
(Yehezkel Dror, Hebrew University and the European Institute of Public Administration )
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Tower Report, United States, Congressional Report, White House, Bay of Pigs, Middle East, State Department, Oliver North, Pearl Harbour, Public Works, National Security Council, Nicaraguan Contras, Clair George, Secretary Shultz, Soviet Union, Attorney General Meese, Great Britain, Choice Dilemma Questionnaire, City Hall, Defense Department, Gulf War, Henry Kissinger New!
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- Decision Making by Mescon Group on 10 pages
- L: Social Psychology (International Library of Psychology) by Don Rubin on 5 pages
- Political Psychology by Kristen Renwick Monroe in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Social Psychology by Ronald J. Fisher in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Social Psychology (with InfoTrac) by H. Andrew Michener on page 85, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its Sources (Suny Series in Israeli Studies) by Uri Bar-Joseph in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Explaining Foreign Policy: U.S. Decision-Making and the Persian Gulf War by Professor Steve A. Yetiv in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Leaders, Groups and Coalitions: Understanding the People and Processes in Foreign Policymaking (International Studies Review Presidential Series) by Magaret G. Herman on page 78, and page 125
- Games Advisors Play: Foreign Policy in the Nixon and Carter Administrations (Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership) by Jean A. Garrison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Renascent Pragmatism: Studies in Law and Social Science (Law, Justice, and Power) by Alfonso Morales on page 194
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