Bonnie Patterson is a manager for seven years at Wayne and Watson, a legal consultancy firm. A good part of her work day involves holding meetings and she likes to get work on a time-bound schedule. For this reason, members of her team receive the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, followed by some time to contemplate over the issue at hand individually. Subsequently, the team members present their ideas one after the another, the group discusses them together, and lastly, a ranking is done to choose the most favored idea. This represents the ________ approach of group decision making.
A) nominal group
B) groupthink
C) brainstorming
D) reference group
E) interacting

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This approach of group decision making, where individuals first think independently and then present their ideas to the group, followed by discussion and ranking, is known as the nominal group technique.

Bonnie Patterson Is a Manager for Seven Years at Wayne