Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.
Antony JayYou can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles - people nearly always pick a problem their own size, and ignore or leave to others the bigger or smaller ones.
Antony JayIn corporation [corporate] religions as in others, the heretic must be cast out not because of the probability that he is wrong but because of the possibility that he is right.
Antony Jay