{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/separate-decision-owner-from-contributors",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9070",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Separate decision owner from contributors",
  "summary": "Contribution and ownership are different roles.",
  "kind": "checklist",
  "body": "Label one accountable decision owner and separately list advisers, reviewers and executors. A contributor can be essential without holding the final call.",
  "limits": [
    "Formal governance and accountability still apply. Stakeholder analysis should expose constraints and decision rights, not justify bypassing them."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-lead-without-authority-stakeholder-systems"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-D77AED0A57EA0B83"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of 65 independent studies found team cognition positively related to team behavioral process, motivational states and performance, with moderation by task and team characteristics.",
      "source_id": "RS-D77AED0A57EA0B83",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Shared cognition is not identical to unanimous opinion; teams may need differentiated expertise as well as common understanding.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When a working group keeps discussing but nobody can tell who has authority to close the issue."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Formal governance and accountability still apply. Stakeholder analysis should expose constraints and decision rights, not justify bypassing them."
  ],
  "example": "A solution architect and business lead both advise, but the process owner owns the policy choice and records it.",
  "check": "One person or formal body is identifiable as the final owner; contributors are not mislabeled as co-owners.",
  "checklist": [
    "Who owns the final decision?",
    "Whose evidence is required before that call?",
    "Who must execute after the decision?",
    "Who is consulted but cannot veto?"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-D77AED0A57EA0B83",
      "title": "The Cognitive Underpinnings of Effective Teamwork: A Meta-Analysis",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20085405/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9070",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9071",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/ask-what-each-stakeholder-can-block-or-enable"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47952011564F7728",
      "title": "Lead without formal authority: stakeholder decisions, delegation, voice, and team learning",
      "url": "/collections/lead-without-formal-authority-stakeholder-decisions-delegation-voice-and-team-learning"
    }
  ]
}