Biopasteur: Instructions for the Group Discussion
Posted: 28 Feb 2012
Date Written: March 24, 2011
Abstract
The purpose of this exercise is to let students experience a few biases that can be deleterious to strategic decision-making. In particular, students are induced to fall into a confirmatory trap, and to experience other biases such as anchoring and sampling bias. Although the exercise can be performed individually, it is a better vehicle to explore how some team-level dynamics and structural choices can either increase or reduce the probability of falling into such biases. The exercise creates a situation that mirrors the one leading to the Challenger disaster.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Gavetti, Giovanni and Gino, Francesca, Biopasteur: Instructions for the Group Discussion (March 24, 2011). Harvard Business School Strategy Unit Case No. 711-510, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2012570
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