Randy Hirokawa and Dennis Gouran believe that group interaction has a positive effect on the final decision. In order to make an effective decision four steps must be involved. The steps include Analysis of the Problem, Goal Setting, Identification of Alternatives, and Evaluation of positive and negatives. Analysis of the problem to me is the most important. If something isn’t wrong then there is no need to fix it, however if there is a problem it is important to figure out what it is. As Hirokiwa says, the clearest example of faulty analysis is the failure to recognize a potential threat when one exist.

An example of this can be seen in the movie Remember the titans in many circumstances. One could be between the coaches, because when Coach Boone replaces coach Yoast there is alot of tension. Luckily they realize the problem that there was and learned to coexist with each other and become great friends. Otherwise the turmoil of the two could have been a problem for the team. Also an example can be seen between the players. Specifically Julius Campbell and Gerry Brotier. In the beginning the two hate each other and get into several fights because of race. However, they soon realize the problem and discover that race doesn’t matter. Once these two leaders of the team put their differences aside and become good friends the whole team comes together and becomes stronger as a whole because they were able to see the problem and fix it.