Creating High-tech Teams: Practical Guidance On Work Performance And Technology

Title: Creating high-tech teams: Practical guidance on work performance and technology.Find More Like This Author(s): Bowers, Clint, (Ed), Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, US Salas, Eduardo, (Ed), Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, US Jentsch, Florian, (Ed), Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, US Source: Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association. ix, 313 pp. ISBN: 1-59147-274-1 (hardcover) Digital Object Identifier: 10.1037/11263-000 Language: English Keywords: high-tech teams; work performance; technology; teamwork; practical guidance Abstract: In Creating High-Tech Teams: Practical Guidance on Work Performance and Technology, leaders in science and industry explore the state-of-the art in technology and teamwork and translate this information into the best possible guidance for industrial-organizational practitioners. Contributors who work with specific types of technology, such as groupware and data visualization, describe their understanding of how that technology affects teamwork and provide guidance on how to use it. They also review the most prevalent tools used today and explain how they are applied in a number of industries. The final section of the volume provides a glimpse into the future by discussing various applications of "virtual" teammates, in which part of the team is the technology. The problems that arise with technology and teamwork-and sometimes with their solutions- rarely make it into the pages of scientific journals. Thus much of the information collected in this volume is appearing for the first time anywhere. This, combined with the accessibility of the writing and the fascinating range of fields and technology covered, makes Creating High-Tech Teams an invaluable resource for industrial-organizational psychologists and others working to make teams more effective through technology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) (from the jacket) Subjects: *Group Performance; *Job Performance; *Technology; *Work Teams Classification: Industrial & Organizational Psychology (3600) Population: Human (10) Intended Audience: Psychology: Professional & Research (PS) Publication Type: Book, Edited Book; Print Release Date: 20061211 Accession Number: 2005-11406-000 Cover Image: Table of Contents of: Creating high-tech teams: Practical guidance on work performance and technology. Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Creating High-Tech Teams [by] Clint Bowers, Eduardo Solas, and Florian Jentsch I. High Technology to Support Teamwork Groupware, Group Dynamics, and Team Performance James E. Driskell and Eduardo Salas / 11-34 Enabling Team Decision Making Rick van der Kleij and Jan Maarten Schraagen / 35-50 Effects of Data Visualizations on Group Decision Making Sae Lynne Schatz, Janis Cannon-Bowers, and Clint Bowers / 51-67 II. High-Tech Teams in Action Cognition, Teams, and Team Cognition: Memory Actions and Memory Failures in Distributed Team Environments Stephen M. Fiore, Haydee M. Cuevas, Jonathan W. Schooler, and Eduardo Salas / 71-87 Exploration and Context in Communication Analysis Magnus Morin and Pär-Anders Albinsson / 89-112 Enhancing Command and Control Teamwork in Operation Enduring Freedom Janel H. Schermerhorn and Ronald A. Moore / 113-138 Operational Concepts, Teamwork, and Technology in Commercial Nuclear Power Stations John M. O'Hara and Emilie M. Roth / 139-159 Group Performance and Space Flight Teams Barrett S. Caldwell / 161