THE APPLICATION OF NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE AS A DECISION MAKING TOOL

¹Odu O. Godwin, and ²Okereke N.

¹Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Delta State University, Abraka, Oleh   

 ²Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Delta State University, Abraka, Oleh   

E-mail:odugodwin@gmail.com, ndububa.okereke@yahoo.co.uk

ABSTRACT

Decision-making has always been a problem to decision makers. Though the problem of relative importance of issues or criteria has been a major concern. In practice, it is difficult even for an individual as a decision maker to arrive at a consensus. Similar in format to a focus group, the nominal group technique is essentially an organized discussion with a small group of participants. This paper describes and demonstrates how nominal group technique can be adopted as a decision tool in solving problems relating to relative importance of issues. The benefits associated with it were equally discussed.

Keywords: Nominal group technique, Team, Decision-making, Group discussion, Ideas

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