The main objective of this project is to apply consensus tools in order to make the
decision making process in SMEs easier.
Therefore, you will find a wide section dedicated to research upon the field of group
tasks, consensus and decision making. The reader will be put into context regarding
the current situation of SMEs in the region of Catalonia, Spain. Conclusions obtained
during the whole process of research will be later used to try and decide how can they
be applied to help this companies solve some of the main issues that they are facing.
A survey will be conducted in order to determine what kind of factors can be
associated to determined profiles, which will later be useful for the final purpose of the
project.
A deep look will also be taken at the concept of collective intelligence (CI), which is
defined by the global intelligence of a group of individuals who work together to carry
out different tasks. An experiment will be set in order to, at least, identify some of the
main features pointed out of conclusions of the research in the field of CI.
As a final step, a tool will be designed in order to help these companies in the process
of forming groups which will later have to take part in decision making and problem
solving processes. In order to design this tool, the knowledge previously obtained in
the rest of the project will be used.
