effective decision-making Custom Essay

Your first essay assignment is a comparison / contrast essay about effective decision-making.
• Include an introduction with a thesis statement, at least two body paragraphs and a conclusion.
• Use point by point or block essay organization to write about the topic below:
How can groups make intelligent decisions? Compare some benefits and drawbacks of collective decision-making

with respect to the various group circumstances presented in “The Wisdom of Crowds” by James Surowiecki (in

Richmond, 2012)

Guidelines:
• You must use information from the Unit 6 and 7 articles (key concepts and paraphrases of specific points) as

supporting evidence.
• You must paraphrase, no direct quotations. Paraphrases must include a signal phrase and a closing

parenthetical citation.
• Include a complete reference for our textbook at the end of your paper.
• Organize your points in one of the essay formats and use a variety of comparison and contrast transition

signals from Longman Academic English Ch. 7.