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Escalation of commitment

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, escalation of commitment means: Increasing commitment to a course of action despite evidence that it is producing poor results.

In Turkish: karara bağlılığın tırmanması

How it is used

Use critically when additional support defends an earlier decision rather than responding well to new evidence.

Example sentences

  1. Repeated funding of the failing launch raised concerns about escalation of commitment.

    More resources are committed even as evidence against the approach accumulates.

  2. An independent review helped the founders recognise their escalation of commitment to the old platform.

    Distance from the original decision can expose a pattern of unjustified continuation.

Common collocations

  • avoid escalation of commitment
  • escalation of commitment bias
  • decision-makingThe process of choosing between different options, including collecting information, weighing risks and benefits, and agreeing who makes the final choice.
  • risk assessmentThe process of identifying what could go wrong in a plan or activity, judging how likely and how serious each risk is, and deciding how to reduce it.

More terms: Decision Making

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