Majority wins?

I've been part of a few teams now. Small teams, big teams, humongous teams, imbalanced teams, teams teeming with talent and teams reeking of indolence. Teams, teams. Some more teams.

When it comes to making decisions collectively, team leaders are only doing their duty in being politically correct and organizing a vote. But is it always the best thing when majority wins?

I've learnt otherwise.

Obviously, I can't exemplify through personal experiences considering I'm still part of a lot those teams. And want to remain part of them. Heh.

It seems real right, doesn't it, the concept of a vote? I mean, obviously the options would be deliberated upon individually by each member and using their experience and insight, a personal choice would be made, which if part of the majority would be the right choice.

Idealism.

That's the flaw with voting.

It's only in an ideal situation that an individual's choice isn't affected by foreign influences. It's only in an ideal situation that the rationale behind each individual choice was perfect. It's only in an ideal situation that the members of the team are intellectually mature (read: s.m.a.r.t) enough to deliberate upon the subject of the vote.

Of the above 'idealistic assumptions', one stands out as being the most idealistic: the assumption that alien influence upon a voter's thought process is non-existent.

During a vote, there is a high tendency that each voter loses his identity to his peers, the voters . Even though an option doesn't seem like the best option for the team as a whole, an influential voter can single-handedly turn the tide of a vote such that the option he votes, is the majority's option. It happens. Much too often.

Bureaucracy in an institution is  a direct result of hierarchy. Hierarchy is, to an extent, the result of democratic titling of people. Dictatorship suddenly seems so. much. more. efficient. Hell, it is. Alexander, Caesar and Hitler conquered nations. Single people. Not bureaucratic, politically correct governments. Without too much insight, it seems rather counter-intuitive to the logical mind that a dictator's efficiency mauls that of a government; aren't dictators 'bad'? But it does.

I know you know, I'm just saying!