Group decision making

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My occupation involves working with groups of people and decision making, and this has led me to learn about Quaker decision making. It seems to be an attractive process to follow.

Out of curiosity, are there any distinctly “Catholic” forms of group decision making? Or does the inherent hierarchical structure of our Church preclude the more democratic models of groups like the Society of Friends?
 
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Depends on the decisions to be made. The RCC is not a democracy when it comes to its doctrines and dogmas, and even the operation of a diocese is not done democratically. Priests take vows of obedience to their superior (at the diocesan level it is the Bishop). The workings of a particular parish may be a bit more democratic, but the pastor appointed by the bishop is the final authority. While I am not familiar with the Society of Friends model of decision making, I do believe that the RCC model is significantly different.
And I always remember the following when it comes to group decision making; "The Titanic was built by a group of experts, the ArK was built by an amateur.) Or, A giraffe is a race horse built by a committee.
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In my parish, group projects generally begin with wild enthusiasm followed by overwhelming failure and assignment of blame. 🤣
 
Oh ugh–I worked for a company that was Quaker and decision making was soooo slooooow.
I mean, I like the theory of it, to get a consensus, but the practice of it was excruciating…
 
A Quaker friend of mine (no pun intended) also commented on the slowness of decision making.
 
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