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This thesis aims to review the Tenth Man Rule and introduce a model to justify the advantages of pluralism into the decision-making units. Initially, this Rule derives from Israels Intelligence Doctrine so, to transfer this approach on to the Management Science sphere, the thesis gives an academic framework to the Rule, determining the research objects of decision-makers, intelligence, biases, beliefs and devils advocacy (ie; the Tenth Man). It must be clarified that the Rule does not apply to all decision-making contexts. Indeed, it does not focus on overall flaws in decisions but on human errors made by fallacious behaviours that jeopardise the intelligence a team has access to. Consequently, applying the Rule allows to optimise the decision-makers attitude towards the intelligence (ie; the material they rely on to make evaluations) they possess by fighting biases within the decision-making units. Once the theoretical and academical framework is defined, the thesis analyses in depth the historical background where the need of a Tenth Man Rule has been set. After having introduced the core theme, the research will then focus on how this Rule can and do confront biases within decision-makers. In addition, the text gathers and organises a consistent amount of research around this topic in order to validate the theory. Finally, the elements that have been described as belonging to the military and intelligence environment will then be adapted to a model in order to simplify them. This efforts aim to make the Rule compatible with the needs of business environments and the everyday work of decision-makers.
