A group of tenured nursing faculty at a major university votes on whether a faculty member should receive tenured status. This type of decision making is referred to as:
A) autocratic decision procedure.
B) consultative decision procedure.
C) delegated decision procedure.
D) joint decision making.

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Joint decision making occurs when the entire group makes the decision by two-thirds vote, a simple majority, consensus, or some other process. In this process, the group members have as much power as the leader.

A Group of Tenured Nursing Faculty at a Major University