Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making

A great example of Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making is when the kids have to get the Babe Ruth autographed ball back from The Beast in the movie “The Sandlot.” In the movie the kids analyze the problem first, they know that nobody has ever gotten a ball back once it went over the fence into the beast’s yard. They set a goal to get the ball back, they tried to find alternatives by buying another baseball and attempting to sign in themselves to replace the one they lost. They also tried alternative ways of getting the ball back because they didn’t want to have to go into the yard themselves to get the ball and they tried every idea they could think of so they did a good job brainstorming. They developed some of the wildest ideas possible, from dropping one of them down on a pulley, or building a remote control catapult to throw the ball over the fence. Most of them were promotive when dealing with getting the ball back, they all understood how important it was to get it back and used most of their energy getting the job done.