A group of tenured nursing faculty at a major university votes on whether a faculty member should receive tenured status. This type of decision making is referred to as:
a. autocratic decision procedure.
b. consultative decision procedure.
c. delegated decision procedure.
d. joint decision making.
D
Joint decision making occurs when the entire group makes the decision by two-thirds vote, a simple majority, consensus, or some other process. In this process, the group members have as much power as the leader.
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