Systems Thinking Applied to Teaming

摘要

The Aerospace Institute (TAI) provides the learning environment for staff at The Aerospace Corporation (a Federally Funded Research and Development Centre). The staff averages over 23 years of industry with advanced degrees. Our knowledgeable space engineering and scientific staff particularly challenges TAI when presenting concepts related to teaming.rnMost people equate team-related training as applied psychology. This may make engineers and scientists uncomfortable. TAI applied systems thinking to the description of teaming and found some surprising results. It yielded a multifaceted Team Map. One facet reveals the team-based competencies, such as roles and responsibilities. Another facet conveys the team life cycle and the specific attributes for each role in the life cycle phase. The third useful facet provides the associated data of team relationships. The map has several practical applications; it provides a reference for teams, a descriptor for tool application, and a source to develop team diagnostics. The Aerospace Institute used it in curriculum evolution to differentiate among its team related course offerings.