RUDN Journal of Sociology.
Российский университет дружбы народов.
2003.
P. 178-183
Some problems are better settled in a group than in an individual decision-making. Numerous studies demonstrate that an individual in a group makes fewer mistakes and is capable to solve complicated tasks quickly. Collecting various information and improving the performance of the possible alternatives a group can achieve considerable creative results and come to highly effective decisions. However, the above-mentioned statements are not indisputable for all kinds of group activity. What are the means to make a group decision instrumental? The publication is assigned to challenge this very problem.