Team Coordination in Extreme Environments E-Book

Cécile Gode

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 206

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

The development and coordination of managerial devices to help businesses cope with the numerous challenges they face have been the subject of many empirical analyses in recent years.

This books draws from these studies to answer the question of how to coordinate a team in extreme environments. Embracing a practice-based perspective, it identifies work practices and technological uses that improve coordination within teams. Organizations need to know how to support the coordination of teams that evolve in highly changing, uncertain and risky contexts.

Beyond reviewing current literature on the analysis of coordination in the field, the author draws on military case studies and illustrations to offer readers practical ways to implement devices that facilitate coordination within teams.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title

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Introduction

I.1. Coordination and team: proposed definitions

I.2. Team coordination in the extreme environment: a major challenge for the company

I.3. Plan of the work

1 Extreme Environment and Management Situations

1.1. The extreme environment: what is it about?

1.2. Various management situations in the extreme environment

1.3. Coordination in the extreme environment: shifting from one management situation to another

2 Team Coordination: What the Theory of Organizations has to Say

2.1. Classical theories of coordination

2.2. “Practice-based” coordination: putting back actors at the center of coordination

3 Coordination Practices in the Extreme Environment: Communication, Reflexivity and Socialization

3.1. Communication practices

3.2. Reflexive practices

3.3. Socialization practices

3.4. Coordination in the extreme environment: articulation of communication, reflexive and socialization practices

4 Can Coordination in the Extreme Environment be Learned? A Managerial Approach

4.1. Necessary individual and collective skills for coordination in an extreme environment

4.2. Setting up a process of “immediate” feedback: the case of the Air Force’s Aerobatic Team

4.3. Deploying decision support systems: the example of LINK 16 in air forces

4.4. Encouraging the emergence of professional communities: the case of Air Force Knowledge Now

4.5. Summary: coordination in extreme environments and managerial actions

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

End User License Agreement

List of Tables

1 Extreme Environment and Management Situations

Table 1.1.

Characteristics of the extreme environment: illustrations

Table 1.2.

Two types of unexpected situation

2 Team Coordination: What the Theory of Organizations has to Say

Table 2.1.

Examples of coordination elements indicated by classical literature

3 Coordination Practices in the Extreme Environment: Communication, Reflexivity and Socialization

Table 3.1.

Communication practices

Table 3.2.

Reflexive practices

Table 3.3.

Socialization practices

4 Can Coordination in the Extreme Environment be Learned? A Managerial Approach

Table 4.1.

Classification of individual coordination skills for members of a Transall C-160 crew

Table 4.2.

Managerial actions to improve coordination in the extreme environment

List of Illustrations

1 Extreme Environment and Management Situations

Figure 1.1.

The three management situations in the extreme environment

Figure 1.2.

Extreme environment: a continuum of management situations

3 Coordination Practices in the Extreme Environment: Communication, Reflexivity and Socialization

Figure 3.1.

Close air support basic 9 line (source: http://www.imef.usmc.mil/staffsections/CAST/_Handouts/CAS%20Student%209-Line%20Handout.doc)

Figure 3.2.

Performance by the pilots of AFAT (source: http://spoottingaviation.forumactif.com/t3398p280-mna-rochefort-28-29-mai-2011) and PAF (source: www.blog.francetvinfo.fr)

Figure 3.3.

Example of aerobatic figures diagrammed according to the Aresti code (source: www.equipedevoltige.org)

Figure 3.4.

Body language of AFAT (source: http://www.equipedevoltige.org EPAA@2010) and PAF (source: http://www.aerobuzz.fr) pilots

Figure 3.5.

Example of a squadron bar in Cambrai, Air Base 103 Cambrai-Epinoy (source: www.aviation-illustree.forumactif.com)

Figure 3.6.

Articulation of team coordination practices in the extreme environment

4 Can Coordination in the Extreme Environment be Learned? A Managerial Approach

Figure 4.1.

Crew on a Transall C-160 type aircraft (source: www.defense.gouv.fr)

Figure 4.2.

Aerobatic team member’s competition space: the “box” (source: www.equipedevoltige.org)

Figure 4.3.

Example of a tactical reepresentation provided by LINK 16 to a Rafale crrew (or pilot)

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Team Coordination in Extreme Environments

Work Practices and Technological Uses under Uncertainty

Cécile Godé

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Introduction

In recent years, the nature of coordination and the managerial devices developed to help businesses cope with challenges have been the subject of numerous empirical analyses. Whether they are confronted with problems related to extended supply chain restructuring [JAR 12], work-integration of geographically-dispersed project teams [SRI 11], building collective intelligence [ZAR 06, LEN 09] or putting together various competencies (for example [FAR 06, MEL 10]) organizations need to know how to support the coordination of teams that evolve in highly changing, uncertain and risky contexts [AUB 10].