PURPOSE Most health care organizations, including nursing homes, report having teams. However, little is known about everyday practice teams among staff providing direct resident care. We assess the prevalence of such teams in nursing homes as reported by direct care staff and administrators, and examine characteristics of facilities that foster these teams. DESIGN AND METHODS The analytical ...

The virtual team is an increasingly common strategic work unit of many organizations. The virtual team, via various computer-based media (e.g., email, groupware) and noncomputer-based media (e.g., telephone), can interact and collaborate though separated by distance and time. One approach to their study is determining whether factors that drive conventional team performance also exist in the vi...

PURPOSE Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States. Primary care teams can be best suited to improve quality of care and lower costs for patients with cardiovascular disease. This study evaluates the associations between primary care team communication, interaction, and coordination (ie, social networks); quality of care; and costs for patients w...

Decision makers’ cognitive capabilities cannot keep pace with the ongoing exponential growth in the available amount of data. Seeking to understand the resulting consequences, this paper addresses three research questions: How does information load in teams affect decision quality in the context of an integrated information system? How do the attributes of team members affect decision quality? ...

The virtual team is an increasingly common strategic work unit of many organizations. The virtual team, via various computer-based media (e.g. email, groupware) and noncomputer-based media (e.g. telephone), can interact and collaborate though separated by distance and time. One approach to their study is determining whether factors that drive conventional team performance also exist in the virt...

The objective of this paper is to develop a framework that integrates the concepts of organization learning, organization memory/ knowledge management, and total quality management to build an environment and culture of organization learning. The paper starts by describing the different aspects of the learning process, and the definition and requirements of an OM/KM. A model for OM/KM build-up ...

Kempe, M., Vogelbein, M., & Nopp, S. (2016). The Cream of the Crop: Analysing FIFA World Cup 2014 and Germany’s Title Run. J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 11(1), 42-52. Analysis of game related statistics provides opportunities to analyse the characteristics and tactical patterns of the teams in order to improve the quality of the training and quality of the opponent’s observation. The main objective of ...

Using the theoretical lens of compensatory adaptation theory, this study examines how organizational problem-solving teams adapt to lean media and effectively communicate. We examined several successful virtual teams using a bulletin board as their primary communication medium to perform complex process improvement tasks in their natural business environment. Although some established theories ...