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GSBS6001 Managing Under Uncertainty Assignment

   

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Running head: MANAGING UNDER UNCERTAINTYAnnotated Bibliography for computer-mediated communication and decision-making Name of the student:Name of the university:Author note:

1MANAGING UNDER UNCERTAINTYArticle SummaryReferenceBaltes, B. B., Dickson, M. W., Sherman, M. P., Bauer, C. C., &LaGanke, J. S. (2002). Computer-mediated communication andgroup decision making: A meta-analysis. Organizational behaviorand human decision processes, 87(1), 156-179.Article classificationMeta analysisJournal rankingBImpact factorThe impact factor here is the time, which the groups take to reach tothe relevant decision. Aim/Purpose of the articleThe aim of the article is to explore the individual member factors,contributing to the biases.Approach of the authorIn this article, the author undertakes the descriptive approach forresearching the approaches of the individual members towards thedecisions taken by the management. In the process of this research,the author also attempts to explore the biases, which occur withinthe decision-making process. Initiating with a brief insight aboutthe variables, research methodology, results, findings, conclusionsand recommendations reflects the systematic approach of the authortowards validating the journal reference. Research methodologySources such as Psychological abstracts, Business Periodical Index,and dissertations on computer-mediated communication werereferred for collecting necessary data on the individual approachesof the members involved in the process of decision-making. Alongwith this, GDSS systems were considered for coding the variablesfrom each data. In total, 22 published sources were used and 5unpublished sources. The sample size taken for the group

2MANAGING UNDER UNCERTAINTYdiscussion was three at the first instance. However, the includedstudies project that the sample size was 52. Therefore, it can be saidthat qualitative research methods have been used for completion ofthe data collection process.Research findings andconclusions by theresearchersIn an organization, the employees possess individual approachestowards the decisions undertaken by the management. Within this,biases are implied as the employees have personal approachestowards the events, which the organizations undertake. Biases in thegroup discussions are obvious in terms of exercising the providedpower in comparison to the other employees. As a matter ofspecification, maintaining consistency in organizing discussionsand open forums helps the organizational personnel to mitigate theinstances of conflicts and biases, which makes the decision-makingprocess prolonged. Herein lays the appropriateness of the timeexperiment done as a research in the article. Along with this, theresults also points out that the time taken to reach the decisions isinversely proportional to the satisfaction levels of the members. Thesatisfaction levels are distorted if the intensity of the biases is more.Homogeneity is absent in all of these groups. However, the range ofmodernity varies according to the characteristics of the groups.Intervals are an important factor in terms of calculating the timetaken by the members to reach to the appropriate decision. The relationship between the communication and satisfaction levelsis an attempt to project the different approaches of the personnel in

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