Maher blamed Japan's confusing and belated response to the crisis on the government's traditional consensus decision-making process.

Maher谴责日本坚持传统的决策制定程序，对危机作出的反应非常混乱，而且延迟了很久。

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Since it is important for the chairman to appear successful in problem-solving and making a decision, the group reaches a false consensus.

由于主席在解决问题和做出决定方面看起来成功是很重要的，所以小组达成了错误的共识。

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This seems to be something that is particularly difficult for Japanese firms, with their consensus-based decision-making and a reluctance to tell superiors when problems arise.

对日本公司而言，这似乎相当困难。日本公司以共识为基础进行决策，当出现问题时不愿向上级反映。

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Since these leaders have been constantly opting for consensus decision-making process that is based on precedents, when there is no precedent they malfunction.

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"This consensus decision-making means tough decisions don't get made, " said Barry.

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Even where nations like Germany and France were disposed to take visionary actions (such as immediate recognition of Croatia and Slovenia -- and even the introduction of armed peacekeepers), the lowest-common denominator character of these organizations' consensus decision-making mechanisms made such actions utter non-starters.

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