According to your textbook, the following four prerequisites should be in place whenever a group seeks to make an important decision or solve a significant problem:

a. skilled chairperson, conscientious members, clear structure, constructive conflict.
b. clear goal, quality content, structured procedures, and commitment to deliberation.
c. questions of fact, conjecture, value, and policy.
d. voting, seeking consensus, brainstorming, and authority rule.
e. quantity, quality, validity, and reliability of research.


b

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