The marketing department manager at Creative Counselors International made a strong push to hire professionals with superior performance records in prior jobs. It didn't take long for these enthusiastic marketers to recognize the many talents within their department. They admired at how alike they were and how they seemed to agree with each other's work styles and ideas. After a while, it became difficult for others in the organization to present to this group. If the idea did not originate within the marketing team, marketers did not give it much credence. This phenomenon is called
A) departmentalization clique.
B) interoffice competition.
C) forward thinking friction.
D) groupthink.

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A disadvantage of departmentalization is that department members may engage in groupthink (they think alike) and may need input from outside to become more creative.

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