Team Efficiency Research Articles

Preventive maintenance scheduling of a multi-skilled human resource-constrained project’s portfolio

Companies often struggle with the problem of appropriately assigning multi-skilled employees and maintaining the required skill levels while performing a changing project’s portfolio. The paper focuses on maintaining employee skills at a constant level without degradation. Maintaining the required team efficiency and competency levels through staff rotation while avoiding additional periodic training because of competency loss has been considered. The aim is to develop an analytical tool that considers individual learning and workers who irregularly perform repetitive tasks and forget their skills. Incorporating competency’s learning and forgetting curves into modelling workers’ assignments and schedules allows for more accurate estimates of actual and future workforce performance. The paper contributes to the theory by proposing a novel declarative programming approach which allows for rotating a multi-skilled team of employees to maintain their competences at a required level. The stationary declarative model that implements this approach can easily be extended to non-stationary and fuzzy variants. The decision-making problem is looking for the rotation schedule of a multi-skilled team of employees to maintain their competences at a required level when satisfying the timely fulfilment of a given project’s portfolio. The presented case study from remanufacturing industry illustrates that the proposed approach can be used for the scale of problems which occur in real-life companies.

Research on the influence of team psychological capital on team members' work performance.

Team psychological capital is the positive psychological state of a team and has a positive impact on the human resource management and performance management of the team. Team members' work performance, as a component of team performance, has an important impact on improving team performance. However, there is less cross-level impact analysis between the two. The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms of the cross-level effects of team psychological capital on members' performance. A paired questionnaire survey was administered to 387 human resource management team members from 86 human resource management teams across China, and SPSS 22.0, AMOS 23.0, and HLM 6.08 software were used to analyze the questionnaire data at the same level and across levels. The test shows that the cross-level positive effect of team psychological capital on team members' work performance is established, and the cross-level mediating role of team members' psychological capital and team support between the two is established. It enriches the cross-level research from team to individual, refines and enriches the research on the impact of team psychological capital on individual behavior, and provides new ideas for team management in companies. Therefore, when conducting team management, enterprises can enhance team members' psychological capital by improving team psychological capital, thereby improving team members' work performance and team efficiency.

Conflict management problems in project teams

The article discusses ways to manage conflicts in organizations and work groups of projects. Conflict management is included as an integral part of one of the general functions of management - according to different opinions, either in the function of administration or coordination. However, in any case, the importance of resolving conflicts in order to achieve the goals of the project is undeniable. All approaches to defining a style and a set of specific actions for managing conflicts are on the scale of preferences, from caring for people to caring about solving a given problem. There are five main approaches: cooperation, competition, evasion, accommodation (unilateral concession) and compromise (mutual concession). Based on the specifics of business and management practices, it is argued that some of these styles are more typical for different countries and others less typical. However, Russia is assessed as a civilization without a pronounced domination of collectivism or individualism, which testifies in favor of the acceptability of all styles, depending on the specific situation. Some characteristics of situations in which certain methods of conflict management in the project working group are more or less acceptable than others are considered. It is concluded that in order to improve the efficiency of the project team, an accurate and realistic assessment of its team, leader and the current situation is important.

Culturally and contextually adaptive indicators of organizational success: Nunavik, Quebec.

This study aimed to develop a preliminary guide to culturally and contextually relevant indicators to assess community resources in the 14 communities of the Inuit territory of Nunavik, Quebec. As part of the Community Component of Qanuilirpitaa? of the 2017 Nunavik Health Survey, data were collected from 354 organizations located across Nunavik. Data were collected via shortstructured interviews with representatives of the organization. An inductive qualitative analysis was conducted to identify emerging themes describing the contexts that influence organizations, how key informants conceptualized what is a successful resource, and the facilitators and needs to achieving these indicators of success. Inuit partners were involved throughout the project to offer insight and to ascertain its pertinence and validity. Interviews revealed structural and community realities that influenced organizations. Three main indicators were used to describe successes: (1) team efficiency and dynamics; (2) accessibility of the resource; and (3) ability to impact clients and the community. The third indicator was by far the most discussed indicator of success. Participants and leaders offer suggestions as to how to achieve these indicators and advocate for the conditions necessary for organizational sustainability. This data-driven framework suggests that the measures of success that are frequently used by funding agencies (e.g., number of people reached, number of activities) may not fully represent the potential of local services in a given community. Indeed, services may be creating job opportunities for Inuit, instilling pride, offering cultural opportunities, and increasing capital (human, economic, health) within the community, all of which are equally important indicators of success that may more adequately further improve the social determinants of health among communities.

Гибридная и удаленная работа: как сохранить эффективность проектных команд

The scientific article presents the results of an analysis of the tools used to improve the efficiency of project teams when employees are involved through a hybrid and remote form of work. The relevance of the study on the selected issue is due to the fact that in the new reality, project work includes the management of teams whose members work in a hybrid and remote format. Flexibility in working hours and the absence of employees in the workplace can lead to lower results. Therefore, instructions for achieving results and maintaining the effectiveness of project teams are important. The principles of managing an effective project team in the new reality are considered. The influence of remote work on the effectiveness of project teams is analyzed. In conclusion, it was found that the key principles for the effective work of the project team in the new reality are freedom of thought and decision for each employee of the company, as well as the use of flexible project management technologies.

Performance Analysis Of Professional Basketball League Players

The most successful teams are teams that can play efficiently and perform well. Performance is essential in sports, whether individual or group because all players with good performance will bring their team as winners. This study aimed to determine the performance of players who participated in the Indonesian Basketball League. The research method used is a descriptive correlation. The study was conducted on all teams participating in the 2017 Indonesian Basketball League. The instrument used to measure performance uses software from Fibalivestats. All data were processed using SPSS 20 for windows. The results of data processing show that the results of calculating the effectiveness of players who have excellent effectiveness from all games with a total of 182 from the Pelita Jaya team, the results of the calculation of effectiveness are based on positions which are divided into five positions, Point Guard positions total effectiveness 149 from the Jakarta Aspac team, Shotting Guard positions The total effectiveness of the Pelita Jaya team is 156, the Small Forward position has a total effectiveness of 176 from the Satria Muda team, the Power Forward position has total effectiveness of 116 from the Aspac Jakarta team. The Center position has total effectiveness of 182 from Pelita Jaya. The result of the highest team efficiency is the Pelita Jaya Jakarta team, with a total efficiency of 1218 and 1330 points. The results of this study show a significant relationship between player performance and team achievement.

ETL Processes for Integrating Healthcare Data - Tools and Architecture Patterns.

Improving the interoperability of healthcare information systems is a crucial clinical care issue involving disparate but coexisting information systems. However, healthcare organizations are also facing the dilemma of choosing the right ETL tool and architecture pattern as data warehouse enterprises. This article gives an overview of current ETL tools for healthcare data integration. In addition, we demonstrate three ETL processes for clinical data integration using different ETL tools and architecture patterns, which map data from various data sources (e.g. MEONA and ORBIS) to diverse standards (e.g. FHIR and openEHR). Depending on the project's technical requirements, we choose our ETL tool and software architecture pattern to boost team efficiency.

Systems of communication in school-nurse led care coordination: A concept analysis.

To analyze the concept of systems of communication in school nurse-led care coordination to develop an operational definition that will inform intervention development. Communication has been identified as an essential attribute in care coordination. However, previous concept analyses of care coordination did not clearly define systems of communication or consider the context of school-based care coordination. Defining and conceptualizing systems of communication has important implications for improving school nurse-led care coordination. Concept analysis was conducted using Walker and Avant's eight-step concept analysis method. The literature was searched to identify supporting literature that was analyzed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses checklist. Systems of communication in school nurse-led care coordination can be defined as systems wherein care team members, led by the school nurse, collaborate by communicating information and knowledge through an individualized healthcare plan that is student/family-centered and shared through information systems. Attributes require developing an individual health plan that incorporates care coordination needs, information sharing with student/family consent, and a clear delineation of team member roles. Consequences include student/family outcomes, team member knowledge, and efficiency and accuracy of information. Concept clarification and a synthesized definition allow for more effective measurement development for effective communication in school nurse-led care coordination. Students with healthcare needs in the school environment require systems of communication that efficiently work toward school nurse-led care coordination that addresses the student's health and academic outcomes.

Managing the Development of University Teachers’ Digital Pedagogical Competencies in Theory and in Practice

The article studies the development of higher educational institution teachers’ digital pedagogical competencies. Considering the current situation of uncertainty in higher education, the rapid change of digital platforms and services, the growing dynamics of changes and the emergence of new knowledge in the sphere of digital didactics, the authors propose a concept of forming a university digital transformation team. To meet the demand for high-quality digital educational products, there are required special organizational solutions, including the creation of pedagogical teams. The purpose of the article is to develop a model for assessing individual and team digital pedagogical competencies, which allows making managerial decisions and eliminating the lack of competencies in a team at the stage of designing digital educational products and services. The study analyzed the existing models of digital pedagogical competencies and drew the conclusion on the need to refine them with specific tools for assessing current individual and team digital pedagogical competencies for the development and implementation of an educational product or project. Based on the model proposed, the paper puts forward a general concept of a professional retraining program, which consists of three areas of assessment: technical, pedagogical, subject (area of research, direction of training). Based on the analysis of Ural Federal University’s experience of implementing distance learning using digital educational resources, the authors give recommendations on how to improve the efficiency of the development teams and the implementation of digital educational products. This publication might be of interest for managers of the higher education system, as well as for scholars and teachers interested in digitalization, digital didactics, digital transformation of universities and individualization of education.

Is participatory leadership conducive to the construction of virtual teams? Based on multi-agent simulation model.

In the Post-COVID-19 Era, with the continuous improvement of the technical level, virtual teams are constantly evolving, and the relationship between leadership and the construction of virtual teams has received more and more attention. It is of great significance to explore the influence of participatory leadership on the construction of virtual teams from a psychological perspective by building a multi-agent simulation model. Based on a simulation platform of NetLogo, the results showed that (1) Participatory leadership is conducive to the expansion of the scale of virtual teams by providing greater space for the development of the members of virtual teams and meeting the team members’ requirements of planning and promotion in the environment, which is decentralized and non-authoritative. (2) However, losing management is not conducive to building a reasonable structure of team members under participatory leadership. (3) The scale of virtual teams and the efficiency of the virtual teams all depend on the relationship between participatory leadership, organizational trust, incentive mode, and the balance between cooperation and competition.

How marketers can use the power of an AI/ML model to identify and predict customers

Marketers are increasingly faced with a lot of data and need to identify the best prospects. Sales teams are often sceptical of the data provided by marketing and possibly blame the quality of the prospect data provided by marketing. Enter a neutral party, a neural network, an AI/ML model that can analyse the current customers and provide a mechanism for identifying co-relations and similarities in larger prospect data and increase the efficiency of sales teams.

Use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: an explorative study based on EU healthcare professionals

ObjectivesMultidisciplinary teams in cancer care are increasingly using information and communication technology (ICT), hospital health information system (HIS) functionalities and ICT-driven care components. We aimed to explore the use of...

Technology-enabled Behavioral Health Integration Decreases Emergency Department Utilization.

Behavioral health integration allows for patient-centered care, leads to higher levels of provider-patient engagement, and is key to improving patient outcomes. However, behavioral health integration is administratively burdensome and therefore is often not adopted. Technology presents opportunities to increase care team efficiency and improve patient outcomes. The goal of this study was to retrospectively compare clinical outcomes and emergency department utilization in patients using a technology platform compared to patients receiving treatment as usual. The technology platform, NeuroFlow, was deployed to deliver technology-enabled behavioral health integration in 30 clinics, and 598 electronic health records were analyzed. In the six-month period following technology-enabled behavioral health integration implementation, emergency department utilization decreased by 34% in the treatment group (n=259), while increasing by 58% in the treatment as usual group (n=339). Additionally, statistically significant (p < .01) decreases in PHQ-9 (-17.3%) and GAD-7 (-12.4%) scores were only observed in the treatment group. Findings from this study support use of a technology-enabled behavioral health tool to decrease emergency department use and highlight the importance of measurement-based care. Future research will be key to enhancing behavioral health technology and integration to further improve patient outcomes and reduce emergency department utilization.

Reducing time to admission in emergency department patients: a cross-functional quality improvement project

Crowding and boarding are common issues facing emergency departments (EDs) in the USA. These issues have negative effects on efficiency, patient care, satisfaction and healthcare team well-being. Data from an...

"Where You Feel Like a Family Instead of Co-workers": a Mixed Methods Study on Care Teams and Burnout.

BackgroundPhysicians and nurses face high levels of burnout. The role of care teams may be protective against burnout and provide a potential target for future interventions.ObjectiveTo explore levels of burnout among physicians and nurses and differences in burnout between physicians and nurses, to understand physician and nurse perspectives of their healthcare teams, and to explore the association of the role of care teams and burnout.DesignA mixed methods study in two school of medicine affiliated teaching hospitals in an urban medical center in Baltimore, Maryland.ParticipantsParticipants included 724 physicians and 971 nurses providing direct clinical care to patients.Main Measures and ApproachMeasures included survey participant characteristics, a single-item burnout measure, and survey questions on care teams and provision of clinical care. Thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative survey responses from physicians and nurses.Key ResultsForty-three percent of physicians and nurses screened positive for burnout. Physicians reported more isolation at work than nurses (p<0.001), and nurses reported their care teams worked efficiently together more than physicians did (p<0.001). Team efficiency was associated with decreased likelihood of burnout (p<0.01), and isolation at work was associated with increased likelihood of burnout (p<0.001). Free-text responses revealed themes related to care teams, including emphasis on team functioning, team membership, and care coordination and follow-up. Respondents provided recommendations about optimizing care teams including creating consistent care teams, expanding interdisciplinary team members, and increasing clinical support staffing.ConclusionsMore team efficiency and less isolation at work were associated with decreased likelihood of burnout. Free-text responses emphasized viewpoints on care teams, suggesting that better understanding care teams may provide insight into physician and nurse burnout.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11606-022-07756-2.

SBugLocater: Bug Localization Based on Deep Matching and Information Retrieval

Bug localization is a technology that locates buggy source files using bug reports reported by users. Automatic localization of buggy files can speed up the process of bug fixing to improve the efficiency and productivity of software quality assurance teams. Nowadays, some research studies have investigated the natural language information retrieval technology, but few of them have applied the matching technology in deep learning to bug localization. Therefore, we propose a bug localization model SBugLocater based on deep matching and IR. The model composes of three layers: semantic matching layer, relevance matching layer, and IR layer. In particular, the relevance matching layer captures fine-grained local matching signals, while coarse-grained semantic similarity signals come from the semantic matching layer. Further, based on collaborative filtering in different directions, the IR layer works to find whether bug reports and source files are related, which indirectly transforms the matching task of different grammatical structures between bug reports and source files into the same structure and solves the mismatching problem of the first two matching models when the query is short. In our work, four benchmark data sets are used as experimental data sets and Accuracy@k, MAP, and MRR as evaluation metrics, which are used to compare and analyze the performance of bug localization with the four state-of-the-art methods. Experimental results show that SBugLocater outperforms the four models. For example, compared with the best of the four models, the evaluation metrics of Accuracy@10, MAP, and MRR are improved by 6.9%, 13.9%, and 17%, respectively.

Effect of digital-enabled multidisciplinary therapy conferences on efficiency and quality of the decision making in prostate cancer care

ObjectivesTo investigate the impact on efficiency and quality of preprostatectomy multidisciplinary therapy conferences (MDT) at Karolinska University Hospital related to the use of a digital solution compared with standard of...

Golden Hour Education, Standardization, and Team Dynamics: A Literature Review.

The "golden hour" is the critically important first 60 minutes in an extremely low birth weight neonate's life that can impact both short- and long-term outcomes. The golden hour concept involves several competing stabilization priorities that should be conducted systematically by highly specialized health care providers in both the hospital and transport settings for improvement in patient outcomes. Current literature supports utilizing an experienced team in the golden hour process to improve patient outcomes through standardization, improved efficiency, and positive team dynamics. Although a variety of teaching methods exist to train individuals in the care of extremely low birth weight infants, the literature supports the incorporation of low- or high-fidelity simulation-based training. In addition, initial and ongoing educational requirements of individuals caring for a golden hour-eligible infant in the immediate post-delivery phase, as well as ongoing care in the days and weeks to follow, are justified. Instituting standard golden hour educational requirements on an ongoing basis provides improved efficiency in team function and patient outcomes. The goal of this literature review was to determine whether implementation of golden hour response teams in both the inpatient and transport setting has shown improved outcomes and should be considered for neonatal intensive care units admitting or transporting golden hour eligible infants.

A semantic-centered cloud control framework for autonomous unmanned system

Rich semantic information in natural language increases team efficiency in human collaboration, reduces dependence on high precision data information, and improves adaptability to dynamic environment. We propose a semantic centered cloud control framework for cooperative multi-unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) system. Firstly, semantic modeling of task and environment is implemented by ontology to build a unified conceptual architecture, and secondly, a scene semantic information extraction method combining deep learning and semantic web rule language (SWRL) rules is used to realize the scene understanding and task-level cloud task cooperation. Finally, simulation results show that the framework is a feasible way to enable autonomous unmanned systems to conduct cooperative tasks.

Information Construction Technology of Free-Form Surface Steel Grid

Taking the construction project of National Network Security Talents and Innovation Base Exhibition Center as an example, the application of building information model in the construction process of free-form surface steel structure is analyzed in this paper. The results show that the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology to the construction of free-form surface structure improves the work efficiency of the construction team in multi-disciplinary collaboration, surface component manufacturing, and construction process design, and subsequently improves the construction speed and construction quality.