Lisa and four of her colleagues have been tasked with improving sales for her company. While trying to solve the problem, they spend months gathering data from reports and surveys. They spend a lot of time discussing the results and coming up with new surveys, but they never discuss a solution. Lisa’s small group appears to be experiencing

a. consensus decision-making.
b. primary tensions.
c. groupthink.
d. analysis paralysis

Ans: d. analysis paralysis

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