A lecture note : 'Groupthink' and it's negative effect this is an answer I wrote to a TOFEL speaking task In the task, a lecturer talks about his experience of 'Groupthink', basically, his proposal got rejected because the supporters changed sides when a few senior managers said no, and thus they had made a bad decision and that had caused the company profit of the year. Below is my note. 'Groupthink' is a situation where group members tend to compromise with the group's consensus even if it's bad or irrational. Group members wanna be liked, just like the lecturer's coworker's wanting to maintain a good impression on his bosses. They also fear losing their jobs, just like the lecturer's coworker's not wanting to lose the chances of promotion by not acting like a team worker. Also they don't wanna be the only employee who's delaying the decision making process when the decision seems inevitable, just like the lecturer's giving up when the supporters had all changed sides. As a result, the team ended up with a bad decision and it cost the company profit of the year.