Question

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Answer 1

What are possible advantages to having so many different groups participate in the lawmaking process?

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What are some of the disadvantages of having so many different groups participate in the lawmaking process?

Answer 2

Pros: Stupid bills will die and only good important bills will become laws. Takes them longer so it will be well though out, so it will most likely not need to be fixed in the present.

Just finished learning bout that last month

Answer 3

@roz_mar23 Thanks do you have any good cons? thats what i really need..

Answer 4

Cons:
1. Diversity: Too much diversity, or diversity when diversity is not needed, can reduce cohesiveness and affect the group decision making process.
2. Time used: With too many people involved, more time is required to reach a decision which reduces efficiency.
3. Group think: If members strive for agreement at the cost of accurate assessment of required information, the group decision making falls prey to the problem of group think and individual performances may reflect better results. This is particularly true for highly cohesive groups.
4. diffusion of responsibility: As numerous people are involved, no one person wants to assume responsibility which may lead to lesser results.
5. potential for conflict: If the group is too large, or low on cohesiveness or too diverse, and sometimes even if none of these factors are present, there is the potential for conflict which may reduce output.
6. group polarization: People sometimes tend to make more extreme or radical decisions in a group than individually. This is an advantage so far as it offers new solutions but extreme solutions may present more problems than anticipated.
7. cost to organizations: The cost in terms of time, money and resources is high where group decision making is involved which may not always be viable.
8. competition: If individual performance is also rewarded in groups in a manner that is not motivational, group decision making may inadvertently lead to competition among individual members.
9. lack of objective direction: In a group without a leader, there may be a lack of direction and the decisions arrived at may be vague or ambiguous.