But this can mean that those who are more forceful and persuasive may influence the group decision-making process.
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So it's no surprise that group decision-making is difficult.
Steve Krupp, CEO of consulting group Decision Strategies International, says one of his clients, a financial-services firm, dubbed its portfolio managers the "walking wounded" because they remain traumatized by losses their portfolios sustained during the economic downturn.
Understanding policymaking often involves second-guessing the wishes, intentions and rivalries within this small group of decision-makers.
If 86% of the top jobs are held by men and they tend to be older than the women who have just joined their companies, inviting this group of decision makers to help mentor women into top roles is the logical way forward, explains Sandberg.
And many BBC News Online users emailed their views, saying they were unimpressed by the group's decision.
But a consumer group challenged its decision, arguing that Kenyans had not been given enough time to prepare.
The group based its decision on the 1954 Mines and Quarries Act which classes five deaths or more as a disaster.
The Muslim Brotherhood had originally pledged not to seek the presidency, but the group reversed its decision as the election approached.
All in all, China is so different from the current members that its admission could gum up the group's decision-making ability.
The political wing of the armed Basque separatist organisation, ETA, has said the peace process must continue, despite the armed group's decision to end a 14-month ceasefire.
When the group decided against coming to Russia, saying Russian authorities were preventing it from properly monitoring the elections, Putin accused Washington of influencing the group's decision to discredit the elections.
Disagreeing with his group's decision to retreat upstairs -- only DiFrancesco survived, and only then after running down from the 91st floor and getting out right before the South Tower fell -- Clark returned to Stairwell A. Shoulder to shoulder with Praimnath, the pair began the dangerous descent down the wet stairway.
James McKenna, spokesman for the Spirit of Shankly supporters' group, said the decision left him bemused.
Cathy Bolshaw, from Stop The Rail Freight Exchange group, called the decision "devastating for St Albans".
Some members of the group make a new decision: skip the rock band, go listen to the author.
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The paper's publisher, Janet Hasson, president of the Journal News Media Group, defended the decision in a statement Wednesday.
It was also a brilliant decision to group all of these princesses together.
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And this week Daiei, a supermarket group, announced its decision to sell its 20% stake in Lawson, another konbini chain, to Mitsubishi Corporation, a big trading house.
Monday's hearing surrounded Group Lotus's decision to terminate a five-year licensing deal it had with Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes's 1Malaysia group to use the Lotus brand in F1.
The full council met on Thursday to vote over next year's budget, but a motion by the Labour group to defer a decision pending further talks about the range of cuts was supported by councillors.
The flash mob was a way "to get our clients excited so that they would tweet or discuss it on LinkedIn, " says Elizabeth Marshall, vice president of marketing for Decision Resources Group, which organized the conference.
Aled Davies for the Conservative group said he was unhappy to defer the decision but the leader of the Powys Independent Alliance group, Tony Thomas, had earlier warned of making decisions about the budget "on the hoof".
In the Old World, a decision by a group of Leiden Separatists put them on a circuitous journey.
We set up a financing group and we refer it to that group who will make a decision about an investment.
The perform role goes to the individual or group that will execute the decision and that is responsible for doing so promptly and effectively.
Rattner said the advisory committee was essentially acting as a private equity group would in making a decision on how to invest in a company.
Eventually, though, the group came back and the decision was unanimous.
Ken Soar, Condor Group Director, said the decision to close Condor Logistics had been a difficult one, and stressed Condor Ferries would not be affected.
Often the buyer assigns a group to make the purchasing decision.
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