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You are a member of the senior management team at Make Believe University (MBU). The Ministry of Education has given each university the power to choose whether to have their final exams on campus, as long as they follow the stringent Covid-19 regulations.

During the meeting, the Vice President recommends that the final exams be on campus. Prior to the meeting, you and your colleagues discussed the pros and cons of having oncampus final exams. The majority of you decided that it was still safer to continue online final exams through the end of summer 2021 since the university was not set up to be Covid-safe. Nonetheless, after the Vice President made her suggestion, 6 of the 10 members of the team say that they think that having final exams on campus is a great idea.

You believe that having final exams on campus would be a mistake since the university is not Covid-safe and the Covid case numbers are on the rise. You feel that this would be a safety risk for the students, faculty and their families. Instead of raising your hand and stating your opinion, you sit quietly and vote for the Vice President's idea of having final exams on campus.

Use facts from the scenario to answer these questions.

a. Explain what this type of team behavior is called and why it happens.

b. Using the facts from the scenario, suggest three (3) specific ways (other than Dot Planning) to prevent this type behavior in a group/team.

c. Explain how each of these three (3) specific ways will solve the problem in this scenario