You decide that your company's choice of which new product to manufacture needs to have widespread acceptance and that this decision needs to be of the highest quality possible. Having read the literature on decision making, you believe that this choice needs to be made by a group of your best managers. You have decided to use the nominal group technique. Which of the following statements is true about this method?
A) This method is good for building group cohesiveness.
B) This method is good for processing ideas rapidly.
C) This method is good for encouraging independent thinking.
D) This method is not an inexpensive means for generating a large number of ideas.
E) This method is good for achieving commitment to a solution.

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The nominal group technique encourages independent thinking by allowing individuals to generate ideas on their own before sharing them with the group, which helps prevent groupthink and promotes a diversity of ideas.

You Decide That Your Company's Choice of Which New Product