The nominal group decision-making technique:
A) involves maximum interaction among group members.
B) is used to generate creative and innovative ideas.
C) is a technique in which members are not brought together in a face-to-face setting.
D) always results in groupthink.
E) is a technique in which the manager lacks the authority to reject an alternative.

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Nominal group members are brought together in a face-to-face setting. The members represent a group in name only, however; they do not talk to one another freely like the members of interacting groups. This is a structured technique used to generate creative and innovative alternatives or ideas.

The Nominal Group Decision-Making Technique