Group failures can be caused by many different underlying reasons – from the stars not aligning themselves right that day to fundamental character and belief system differences between members. According to Sunstein, there are two sources that cause group failures: informational influences and Social pressures (65).
Information influences prevent those of differing views from expressing their opinion and standing up for what they believe is right, just in the same way as social pressures do. Most people would not get up and say to a group of anti-gun supporters that they think children should have a right to carry weapons at the age of 15!
Ways to minimize the potential of group failures are talked about anytime a “group” of people come together and set up guidelines. In my opinion, group failures can only be reduced when all members involved are willing to give it their all and make any effort necessary to keep the end result in mind. If everyone is on the same track and not just floating around aimlessly in their own world, success is more likely to happen.
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