A group of executives meet to decide on cost-cutting options for the company.They eventually decide to fire 15 percent of the employees,a decision more extreme than any of the executives had previously advocated.The decision is an example of:

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Group polarization occurs when a group makes a more extreme decision than any individual member would have made on their own. In this scenario, the decision to fire 15 percent of employees is more extreme than any individual executive had previously advocated for, suggesting that the group as a whole became polarized towards this decision through their discussions and interactions.

A Group of Executives Meet to Decide on Cost-Cutting Options