Decision Making

In last week's class after when we got our test results back and were allowed to choose what we wanted to do with that test and any future tests, I used more of the "Avoidance" method then anything else when coming to that decision as a class. That basically means that I withdrew from from the decision making process. I decided to do that because there were a few people around me that had very similar opinions and were voicing those opinions so I felt it would be redundant to try and argue in the huge amount of chaos that was going on. Many people were using the "Compete to Win" method in class which basically means they were fighting very hard to get their way and weren't really that open to compromise at first. All I was really concerned about was the extra credit and curve because I felt the test wasn't really that bad I was just unprepared. Those people using the "Compete to Win" method did eventually end up coming around and compromising  because we were able to make a decision by the end of the given time. I didn't notice anybody using the "Accomodation" or "Collaboration" methods but I could have missed it. A good portion of the class was just using the "Avoidance" method or "Compete to Win" and as time got closer to the end everyone started to try and use the "Compromise" method. I think that just using the "Compromise" method would have been sufficient enough to get everyone's demands met because you are really just trying to appease everyone with that method. In the end, everyone seemed pretty happy with the results, everyone could have been a little happier if they would have gotten their way completely, but that is what happens when you compromise.