Macrocognition in Teams: Theories and Methodologies

Michael P. Letsky

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - Social Science - 424 pages

This work covers the theoretical constructs of macrocognition in collaborative teams, the development of collaboration tools to support macrocognitive processes during team collaboration and the development and use of collaborative testbeds and realistic problem solving scenarios for product evaluation and transition.

Contents

• Macrocognition in Teams: 1
• Chapter: 10
• Empirical Model of Team Collaboration Focus: 15
• 1: 16
• 1: 26
• Sara A McComb: 35
• Communication as Teamlevel Cognitive Processing: 51
• Applications of communication analysis: 59
• Chapter 5: 65
• 1: 67
• Decision task and experimental procedure: 72
• Discussion: 78
• Chapter 6: 87
• 1: 92
• Agents as Collaborating Team Members: 107
• 1: 112
• 2: 118
• Transferring Meaning and Developing Cognitive: 127
• 1: 137
• Parsing: 143
• 1: 146
• Augmenting Video to Share Situation Awareness More: 165
• 1: 174
• 6 Well chosen stills are better than video: 180
• A Computational System for Investigating: 187
• 1 Card layout and functions: 190
• 4 Design criteria: 196
• A Tool for Knowledge Transfer Conflict: 209
• 1 Elicitation and encoding of Cognitive Assessment Tags: 211
• 4 A sample individual workspace and summary chart: 217
• Modeling Cultural and Organizational Factors: 223
• 1 IDecS simulation output: 228
• Critical Thinking in Team Decisionmaking: 239
• 1 A structural model of collaboration Warner Letsky: 243
• 5 CENTERs instant message capability: 250
• Measuring Situation Awareness through Automated: 259
• 1 Total lost cells and lost houses by team and scenario: 270
• Converging Approaches to Automated Communications: 277
• 1 Network representations of email data: 289
• Shared Lightweight Annotation Technology SLATE: 305
• JIGSAW Joint Intelligence Graphical Situation: 321
• A Tool to Diagnose: 339
• Collaborative Operational and Research Environment: 351
• PlugandPlay Testbed for Collaboration in the Global: 365
• Naturalistic Decisionmaking Based Collaboration: 385
• Challenges and Opportunities: 397
• Index: 417

About the author

Dr Michael P Letsky is currently Program Officer for the Collaboration and Knowledge Interoperability Program at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Arlington, Virginia. He manages a research program of academic grants and innovative small business projects seeking to understand team cognition and team performance. He previously worked for the Army Research Institute of the Behavioral and Social Sciences where he developed their long range strategic research plan and also served on the Army Science Board on Highly Maneuverable Forces. Dr. Letsky's education includes a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Northeastern University), an MBA and DBA in Operations Research (George Washington University). Norman Warner, Ph.D. is a senior scientist at the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland. His expertise is in Human Factors Engineering in the areas of automated decision support, human decision-making and team collaboration. Over the past 27 years, he has conducted research with a variety of organizations (i.e. Naval Air Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, Air Force, Army). He was awarded two patents in decision support technology and has published over 25 peer reviewed articles. Currently, his research focus is on understanding team decision-making and the cognitive mechanisms used during asynchronous, distributed team collaboration. Stephen M. Fiore, Ph.D. holds a joint appointment with the University of Central Florida's Institute for Simulation and Training and the Cognitive Sciences Program in the Department of Philosophy. He earned his Ph.D. degree (2000) in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development Center. He maintains a multidisciplinary research interest that incorporates aspects of cognitive, social, and organizational psychology in the investigation of human behavior in individuals and small groups. Dr. Fiore has co-authored a number of scientific publications in the areas of learning, memor

Bibliographic information

• Title: Macrocognition in Teams: Theories and Methodologies; Human factors in defence
• Editor: Michael P. Letsky
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008
• ISBN: 0754673251, 9780754673255
• Length: 424 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Leadership; Social Science / Sociology / General