Can A Committee Take A Decision?

Kaustubh Katdare

Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk Oct 21, 2024
I've always believed that decisions are taken by single person. However, often seen in corporate world, committees or 'focus groups' are setup to take decisions. In my experience a group can never arrive at a decision and best decisions are taken by a well-informed person with access to facts.

What's your take on this?

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  • narayana murthy

    narayana murthy

    @narayana-z4W16q Jun 5, 2011

    yes biggie you are right in a group we have different people with different mind sets so they can't agree with a single decision
    so in my view a single person have to take decision even a committee has involved in it
  • ISHAN TOPRE

    ISHAN TOPRE

    @ishan-nohePN Jun 5, 2011

    Yes Biggie, whenever I sit for designing, I am unable to make up with other person. Because most of the time either one of the person is making nuiscence.

    Best way is that each person takes decision (design) independently and then to take opinions from other team members.

    What is your take on this people?
  • Ramani Aswath

    Ramani Aswath

    @ramani-VR4O43 Jun 17, 2011

    As I mentioned in another place, Sir C.V.Raman apparently used to write the minutes of the meeting BEFORE the meeting and conduct it according to the minutes.

    A UN rep once told about such meetings:
    'It is like elephants making love. Everything happens at a high level. A lot of noise and dust is generated. You have to wait ages for results.'

    I sit quietly and doodle or create a mind map in such meetings. I prewrite my short comments and present them if asked.

    If the items on the agenda are important I inform key players in advance about my views and let them handle the agenda.