Team Coordination in Extreme Environments: Work Practices and Technological Uses

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Team Coordination in Extreme Environments by Cécile Godé 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Cécile Godé is Full Professor at the University Lumière Lyon 2, France. Her research explores information systems management and coordination management, with a focus on experiential learning processes under extreme circumstances. Table of Contents Introduction ix Chapter 1. Extreme Environment and Management Situations 1 1.1. The extreme environment: what is it about? 1 1.2. Various management situations in the extreme environment 2 1.2.1. Routine activities, unexpected events and crises: a typology of management situations in the extreme environment 3 1.2.2. Routine, crisis and unexpected situations: a characterization 4 1.3. Coordination in the extreme environment: shifting from one management situation to another 12 Chapter 2. Team Coordination: What the Theory of Organizations has to Say 15 2.1. Classical theories of coordination 15 2.1.1. Predetermined coordination 16 2.1.2. The limited contribution of classical theories to the analysis of team coordination in the extreme environment 19 2.2. "Practice-based" coordination: putting back actors at the center of coordination 22 2.2.1. The "practice" turn in management science 22 2.2.2. What contribution does the practical perspective bring to the study of team coordination? 25 Chapter 3. Coordination Practices in the Extreme Environment: Communication, Reflexivity and Socialization 29 3.1. Communication practices 29 3.1.1. Shared languages: code words, diagrams and body expressions 30 3.1.2. Technological uses: improving communication through information sources and flow 37 3.1.3. Communication practices: a synthesis 44 3.2. Reflexive practices 45 3.2.1. Briefing–debriefing in the French Air Forces squadrons 45 3.2.2. Reflexive practices in debriefing sessions 46 3.2.3. Reflexive practices: a synthesis 51 3.3. Socialization practices 52 3.3.1. The squadron bar: where common knowledge is built 52 3.3.2. Cohesive activities that convey team values and build mutual trust 54 3.3.3. Socialization practices: a synthesis 56 3.4. Coordination in the extreme environment: articulation of communication, reflexive and socialization practices 56 Chapter 4. Can Coordination in the Extreme Environment be Learned? A Managerial Approach 61 4.1. Necessary individual and collective skills for coordination in an extreme environment 62 4.1.1. From theoretical to practical knowledge: practices, knowledge and skills 62 4.1.2. Skills needed for coordination in extreme environments: the example of tactical airlifter crews 64 4.2. Setting up a process of "immediate" feedback: the case of the Air Forces Aerobatic Team 73 4.2.1. "Immediate" feedback processes within the Air Forces Aerobatic Team 74 4.2.2. "Immediate" feedback: a method of collective skills and intelligence acquisition 81 4.3. Deploying decision support systems: the example of LINK 16 in air forces 83 4.3.1. Creativity and network-centric decision support system 84 4.3.2. LINK 16s creative uses, developed by the Rafale fighter planes crews 86 4.3.3. Network-centric decision support systems in support of crews creativity 93 4.4. Encouraging the emergence of professional communities: the case of Air Force Knowledge Now 95 4.4.1. Professional communities in a military environment: between hierarchical communities and community of practice 96 4.4.2. The Air Force Knowledge Now online platform 97 4.4.3. Beyond team frontiers: professional communities favoring experience sharing and organizational culture 100 4.5. Summary: coordination in extreme environments and managerial actions 101 Conclusion 103 Bibliography 105 Index 121 Details ISBN184821913X ISBN-10 184821913X ISBN-13 9781848219137 Language English Media Book Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Format Paperback Illustrations black & white illustrations DEWEY 658.4092 Short Title TEAM COORDINATION IN EXTREME E UK Release Date 2015-12-11 AU Release Date 2015-12-11 NZ Release Date 2015-12-11 Author Cécile Godé Pages 144 Publisher ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-12-11 Imprint ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Subtitle Work Practices and Technological Uses under Uncertainty Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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