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What is Teamwork

Chapter 12
Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models
The state that occurs when groups of humans (or agents) commit to a shared set of goals and roles. Agents can achieve an understanding of teamwork through various formalisms that allow them to reason about establishing commitment through communication.
Published in Chapter:
Communications for Agent-Based Human Team Support
Gita Sukthankar (University of Central Florida, USA), Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), Joseph A. Giampapa (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), and Christopher Burnett (University of Aberdeen, Scotland)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 29
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-256-5.ch012
Abstract
This chapter discusses the problem of agent aiding of ad-hoc, decentralized human teams so as to improve team performance on time-stressed group tasks. To see how human teams rise to the challenge, we analyze the communication patterns of teams performing a collaborative search task that recreates some of the cognitive difficulties faced by teams during search and rescue operations. Our experiments show that the communication patterns of successful decentralized ad-hoc teams performing a version of the task that requires tight coordination differ both from the teams that are less successful at task completion and from teams performing a loosely coupled version of the same task. We conclude by discussing: (1) what lessons can be derived, from observing humans, to facilitate the development of agents to support ad-hoc, decentralized teams, and (2) where can intelligent agents be inserted into human teams to improve the humans’ performance.
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Chapter 24
Teamwork Assessment and Self/Peer Evaluation in Higher Education
a group of two or three persons who work together to accomplish a specific task or assessment activity. Teamwork involves commonly-shared aims and objectives by team members.
Published in Chapter: Teamwork Assessment and Self/Peer Evaluation in Higher Education; From: Handbook of Research on Emerging Priorities and Trends in Distance Education: Communication, Pedagogy, and Technology
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Chapter 9
Using Lean Method in English Language Classes
Cooperative effort by the members of a group or team to achieve a common goal.
Published in Chapter: Using Lean Method in English Language Classes; From: Paradigm Shifts in 21st Century Teaching and Learning
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Chapter 9
High Quality Online Programs: The Role of Leadership and Teamwork to Support Student-Centered Graduate Education
A group of people with complementary skills who work together with a shared vision to achieve shared goals.
Published in Chapter: High Quality Online Programs: The Role of Leadership and Teamwork to Support Student-Centered Graduate Education; From: Ensuring Quality and Integrity in Online Learning Programs
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Chapter 3
Teambuilding and Efficient Teamwork
The activity of working together in a group with other people, especially when this is successful.
Published in Chapter: Teambuilding and Efficient Teamwork; From: Handbook of Research on Improving Engineering Education With the European Project Semester
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Chapter 13
Telecollaboration as a Tool to Design Fictitious Sustainable Start-Ups in an ESP Context
Work done in groups in a collaborative, responsible, and organized way when trying to attain a common goal.
Published in Chapter: Telecollaboration as a Tool to Design Fictitious Sustainable Start-Ups in an ESP Context; From: Telecollaboration Applications in Foreign Language Classrooms
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Chapter 6
Leaders' Behavior in Association with Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment
Teamwork is the ability of a group of people to work well together. It is generally understood as the willingness of a group of people to work together to achieve a common goal. Teamwork means that people cooperate, using their individual skills and providing constructive feedback, despite potential conflicts between individuals. Teamwork is important in healthcare, because clinical care is becoming more complex and specialized.
Published in Chapter: Leaders' Behavior in Association with Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment; From: Handbook of Research on Managerial Solutions in Non-Profit Organizations
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Chapter 19
Innovative Approach to Developing Competencies for Business Practice
Is a transversal competence, which is “a set of knowledge, skills and attitudes allowing to work in a way that is based on activity and commitment to tasks carried out by a group” ( Wiecek-Janka et al. 2017 , p. 14) (See also NN 2015 , p. 3; Report O2 2016, p. 7).
Published in Chapter: Innovative Approach to Developing Competencies for Business Practice; From: Handbook of Research on Enhancing Innovation in Higher Education Institutions
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Chapter 332
The Effect of Innovative Communication Technologies in Higher Education
Cooperation among a group of people by employing skills and competencies in order to accomplish a specific goal.
Published in Chapter: The Effect of Innovative Communication Technologies in Higher Education; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 9
Cognitive Diversity: Vital but Invisible
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Chapter 5
Mentoring Teams as a Model of Supporting Distance Teaching: The Croatian Example
The collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way. In the teaching context, it means teachers working together to create learning resources and supporting each other in the process of creation resources and teaching with such learning resources
Published in Chapter: Mentoring Teams as a Model of Supporting Distance Teaching: The Croatian Example; From: Handbook of Research on Teaching With Virtual Environments and AI
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Chapter 190
Leadership Competency in Virtual Teams
Working with others interdependently to effectively achieve a goal. Teamwork involves both task and social/interpersonal communication aspects among team members.
Published in Chapter: Leadership Competency in Virtual Teams; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 338
Virtual Teamwork in Distance Education
More than one person working towards a shared objective in a cooperative manner.
Published in Chapter: Virtual Teamwork in Distance Education; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 27
The Relationship Between Performance Measures and Overall Performance in the Manufacturing Environment
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Chapter 13
Using Peer Feedback to Motivate Teamwork in an Online Learning Environment
When a group of students work collaboratively to achieve a common aim, with equitable contributions from each member of the team.
Published in Chapter: Using Peer Feedback to Motivate Teamwork in an Online Learning Environment; From: Handbook of Research on Creating Motivational Online Environments for Students
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Chapter 11
Innovative Thinking Skills for 21st Century Librarians
An assignment or duty carried out by involving other members or bodies to achieve a common goal.
Published in Chapter: Innovative Thinking Skills for 21st Century Librarians; From: Managing and Adapting Library Information Services for Future Users
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Chapter 14
Diversity in Hotel Industry: Satisfaction, Teamwork
The ability to effectively work and cooperate within groups.
Published in Chapter: Diversity in Hotel Industry: Satisfaction, Teamwork; From: Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management
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Chapter 8
Active Learning Strategies for Sustainable Engineering: The Case of the European Project Semester
A collaborative work method where several people work towards a shared goal (usually unattainable individually) that maximizes the strengths and minimizes the weaknesses of the participants.
Published in Chapter: Active Learning Strategies for Sustainable Engineering: The Case of the European Project Semester; From: Handbook of Research on Improving Engineering Education With the European Project Semester
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Chapter 20
Project-Based International Collaboration in Solar Energy Education: A Case Study from France
Is the process of working collaboratively with a group of people to achieve a goal.
Published in Chapter: Project-Based International Collaboration in Solar Energy Education: A Case Study from France; From: Handbook of Research on Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
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Chapter 21
Project Management Assessment Methods
Teamwork in a multinational corporation aims at aligning the employee’s mindset to develop the concept of a group of people working in cooperation with each other. It is very important to identify that what may actually appear as teamwork for an outsider, may not necessarily be genuine teamwork for the inside group of people.
Published in Chapter: Project Management Assessment Methods; From: Handbook of Research on Technology Project Management, Planning, and Operations
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Chapter 35
Collaborative Work Training in Higher Education
Cooperative effort by the members of a group or team to achieve a common goal.
Published in Chapter: Collaborative Work Training in Higher Education; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 15
Social Loafing: Why Does It Matter in Tourism Industry?
A group of employees that work in a coordinated manner to achieve goals for business purposes.
Published in Chapter: Social Loafing: Why Does It Matter in Tourism Industry?; From: Organizational Behavior Challenges in the Tourism Industry
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