A social work administrator is part of a management team who decides to close an agency program due to financial pressures. The management team receives many letters from program supporters asserting that this program is essential for other agency operations. The team does not consider other alternatives and closes the program anyway, only to encounter major problems in agency operations weeks later. The actions by the management team are an example of:
A. Groupthink
B. Homogeneity
C. Interdependence
D. Group polarization
Answer: A. Groupthink
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