The board of directors for a large corporation always agrees with the chairman's ideas without any serious discussion, no matter how flawed those ideas seem to be. Which of the following explains the behavior of the board?
A. yes-men syndrome
B. groupthink
C. the Hawthorne effect
D. iron law of oligarchy
Answer: B
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