Work Group Learning: Understanding, Improving and Assessing How Groups Learn in Organizations

by Sessa; Valerie I.

• ISBN13: 9780805860221
• ISBN10: 0805860223
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-12-14
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Increasingly groups are being called on to make important decisions in organizations. Individuals need to learn to be group members-that is, move from a collective of individuals to a cohesive unit in which members are focused on the same goals and agree on how to achieve them. Groups need to learn how to structure themselves, communicate with other groups, conduct work processes, make decisions, and put these decisions into action. As the organizational context shifts, groups must be fluid enough to shift with them-restructuring, adapting decisions, and updating plans. Groups and their members need to learn continuously or they will find themselves standing still in a continuously changing environment.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
About the Authors	p. xiii
How Groups Learn and What They Learn	p. 1
Group Learning: An Introduction	p. 3
Team Learning, Development, and Adaptation	p. 15
Configuring and Reconfiguring Groups as Complex Learning Systems	p. 45
Shared Cognition and Group Learning	p. 73
Learning to Work Together: An Examination of Transactive Memory System Development in Teams	p. 91
Member, Group, and Organizational Factors Influencing Group Learning	p. 117
Group Faultlines and Team Learning: How to Benefit from Different Perspectives	p. 119
A Multilevel, Multiconceptualization Perspective of Goal Orientation in Teams	p. 149
Navigating Across Culture and Distance: Understanding the Determinants of Global Virtual Team Performance	p. 175
The Leader's Role in Group Learning	p. 193
Learning Interventions	p. 215
The Role of Team Learning in Facilitating Team Adaptation Within Complex Environments: Tools and Strategies	p. 217
Team Learning on Messy Problems	p. 243
Collaborative Knowledge and Training in Online Groups	p. 285
Using Synthetic Learning Environments to Train Teams	p. 315
Phased and Targeted Interventions: Improving Team Learning and Performance	p. 347
Assessment of Group Learning	p. 365
Assessing Team Learning Outcomes: Improving Team Learning and Performance	p. 367
Research Designs for Assessing Group Learning	p. 391
Author Index	p. 421
Subject Index	p. 441
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