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Informationen zum Autor RICHARD A. GUZZO is professor of psychology and managementat the University of Maryland and has served on the faculties ofMcGill University and New York University. His research concernsthe productivity and effectiveness of individuals and teams atwork. EDUARDO SALAS is senior research psychologist in theHuman Systems Integration Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center.He has coauthored over fifty journal articles and book chapters andhas coedited four books. Klappentext Written for researchers, educators, practitioners, and serious students of the team phenomenon, Team Effectiveness and Decision Making in Organizations provides the latest research perspective on teams: their nature, their function, their effectiveness, their decision-making processes, and their ability to change the face of organizational life.In eleven groundbreaking chapters, the book investigates the internal processes and external factors that affect critical decision making in teams and presents tested models and methods for improving team effectiveness in any organizational context. Zusammenfassung This text provides the latest research perspective on teams: their nature; their function; their effectiveness; their decision-making processes; and their ability to change the face of organizational life. Using researchers and team projects worldwide! major issues in this field are discussed. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: At the Intersection of Team Effectiveness andDecision Making (Richard A. Guzzo) 2. Measuring and Managing for Team Performance: Lessons fromComplex Environments (Robert M. Mcintyre, Eduardo Salas) 3. Computer-Assisted Groups: A Critical Review of the EmpiricalResearch (Andrea B. Hollingshead, Joseph E. Mcgrath) 4. Cooperation Theory, Constructive Controversy, andEffectiveness: Learning from Crisis (Dean Tjosvold) 5. Raising an Individual Decision Making Model to the TeamLevel: A New Research Model and Paradigm (Daniel R. Ilgen, DebraA. Major, John R. Hollenbeck, Douglas J. Sego) 6. Innovations in Modeling and Stimulating Team Performance:Implications for Decision Making (Michael D. Coovert, J. PhilipCraiger, Janis A. Cannon-Bowers) 7. Understanding the Dynamics of Diversity in Decision MakingTeams (Susan E. Jackson, Karen Ae May, Kristina Whitney) 8. Teamwork Stress Implications for Team Decision Making (BenB. Morgan, Jr., Clint A. Bowers) 9. Staffing for Effective Group Decision Making: Key Issues inMatching People and Teams (Richard Klimoski, Robert G. S.Jones) 10. Defining Competencies and Establishing Team TrainingRequirements (Janis A. Cannon-Bowers, Scott I. Tannenbaum,Eduardo Salas, Catherine E. Volpe) 11. Conclusion: Common Themes Amongst the Diversity (RichardA. Guzzo)...
