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devil's advocacy: a standalone construct

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Management

a decision method in which someone critiques a proposed plan to expose its flaws before the group commits.

In management, devil's advocacy refers to a decision method in which someone critiques a proposed plan to expose its flaws before the group commits. This meaning comes from Schweiger (1986) in Academy of Management Journal.[1]

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dialectical inquiry1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct advocacy3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs group4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

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Schweiger, D. M., Sandberg, W. R., & Ragan, J. W. (1986). Group Approaches for Improving Strategic Decision Making: a Comparative Analysis of Dialectical Inquiry, Devil's Advocacy, and Consensus. Academy of Management Journal, 29(1), 51-71. https://doi.org/10.2307/255859

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