00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.821326 CaOODSP 20240219183446 cr ||||||||||| 160719s2014 onc|||||o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- D68-6/140-2013E-PDF A characterization of distributed teamwork [electronic resource] : challenges for C2 teams / by Isabelle Turcotte ... [et al.]. [Ottawa] : Defence Research and Development Canada, c2014. vi, 40 p. : tables, graphs. Technical Memorandum ; 2013-140 "May 2014." Includes bibliographical references. Rapid changes in the operational environment, globalization, an ever-growing recourse to coalitions and alliances combined with a push towards designing more flexible and versatile organizational structures, has accelerated the need for organizations, including the military, to coordinate work across geographical, functional, intra- and inter-organizational as well as temporal boundaries. Responding to the increasing decentralization and globalization of work processes, many organizations have reacted to their dynamic environments by introducing distributed teams. The environment in which military teams evolve is often characterized by changing conditions, time pressure, uncertainty, and an overwhelming amount of information to process. This report presents an analysis of the literature on distributed teams and highlights issues of potential consequences and interest in the context of adaptive dispersed operations for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The factors that are identified as critical for the success of distributed teams are coordination, communication, shared mental models, trust, and leadership. There is a need for a robust scientific methodology to evaluate tools for collaborative decision making and to verify support decision effectiveness in dynamic, uncertain contexts of operations at the operational and tactical levels. gccst Technical reports Teamwork Leadership Turcotte, Isabelle. Defence R&D Canada. Technical memorandum (Defence R&D Canada) 2013-140 (CaOODSP)9.820564 PDF 463 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/rddc-drdc/D68-6-140-2013-eng.pdf