Importance Of Teamwork Research Articles

Eficiencia del plan de marketing como técnica de aprendizaje cooperativo

The importance of teamwork as a core capacity in the new university curricula is beyond all doubt. It is therefore crucial to know what cooperative learning is and how efficient it is for teams of students that use it. Thus, the aim of this paper is to operationalise the concept of cooperative learning and to study its consequences on both the individual learning of the members of a team and on the overall performance achieved by the team as a whole. Structural equation models were used on a sample of 319 students in a marketing subject at a Spanish public university. The results obtained show that students learn better in subjects in which cooperative learning is applied, and the team's performance also improves. We therefore fully endorse fostering its use in the classroom. Lastly, several new lines of research are proposed to complete current knowledge about cooperative learning.

Importance of teamwork, communication and culture on failure-to-rescue in the elderly.

Surgical mortality increases significantly with age. Wide variations in mortality rates across hospitals suggest potential levers for improvement. Failure-to-rescue has been posited as a potential mechanism underlying these differences. A review was undertaken of the literature evaluating surgery, mortality, failure-to-rescue and the elderly. This was followed by a review of ongoing studies and unpublished work aiming to understand better the mechanisms underlying variations in surgical mortality in elderly patients. Multiple hospital macro-system factors, such as nurse staffing, available hospital technology and teaching status, are associated with differences in failure-to-rescue rates. There is emerging literature regarding important micro-system factors associated with failure-to-rescue. These are grouped into three broad categories: hospital resources, attitudes and behaviours. Ongoing work to produce interventions to reduce variations in failure-to-rescue rates include a focus on teamwork, communication and safety culture. Researchers are using novel mixed-methods approaches and theories adapted from organizational studies in high-reliability organizations in an effort to improve the care of elderly surgical patients. Although elderly surgical patients experience failure-to-rescue events at much higher rates than their younger counterparts, patient-level effects do not sufficiently explain these differences. Increased attention to the role of organizational dynamics in hospitals' ability to rescue these high-risk patients will establish high-yield interventions aimed at improving patient safety.

Early Management of the Severely Injured Major Trauma Patient

Survey of Anesthesiology: October 2015 - Volume 59 - Issue 5 - p 216-217 doi: 10.1097/01.SA.0000470102.41648.8d

The importance of team work for improving the health situation of Roma communities

The importance of team work for improving the health situation of Roma communities

Transformational Managers and Leaders

Views of organization manager are changing largely because of current restructuring initiatives and the demands of the 90s. Advocates for organization reform also usually advocate altering power relationships.The problem, explain Douglas Mitchell and Sharon Tucker (2013), is that we have tended to think of manager as the capacity to take charge and get things done. This view keeps us from focusing on the importance of teamwork and comprehensive organization improvement. Perhaps it is time, they say, to stop thinking of manager as aggressive action and more as a way of thinking -- about ourselves, our jobs, and the nature of the educational process. Thus, "instructional manager" is "out" and "transformational manager" is "in."

Looking Back on 35 Years of Industrial Catalysis.

This article is an account of my 35 years in the Basel Chemical Industry, starting in 1976 as a young research chemist in the Central Research Laboratories of Ciba-Geigy until my retirement as Chief Scientific Officer of Solvias in 2011. In the first section, important aspects of industrial research are commented from my personal point of view with particular emphasis on the importance of team work and the situation of catalysis in the (Swiss) fine chemicals industry. In the next sections, the three most important areas of catalytic research are described where my colleagues and I could not only solve specific Ciba-Geigy / Novartis / Solvias problems, but also developed industrially relevant, generally applicable catalytic methodologies and contributed to the understanding of these complex catalytic transformations: i) Catalytic C-C and C-N coupling catalysis where we developed highly efficient catalysts for the Heck, Suzuki, Buchwald-Hartwig reactions; ii) Hydrogenations using modified heterogeneous catalysts, especially the chemoselective reduction of functionalized nitro arenes and the enantioselective hydrogenation of substituted ketones using Pt catalysts modified with chinchona alkaloids where mechanistic studies led to a working understanding of this fascinating reaction; iii) Enantioselective homogeneous hydrogenation and chiral ligands. The process development for the production of (S)-metolachlor, an important herbicide via an iridium-Josiphos catalyzed C=N hydrogenation is described in some detail, followed by a brief description how the Solvias Ligand Portfolio was developed.

Teamwork Pengembangan Kemitraan (Studi Kasus Kelompok Kerja Pengembangan Kemitraan dalam Penangulangan Kemiskinan di Kota Bogor)

The title of this research is “Teamwork of Development Partnership (Case Study Development Partnership Teamwork of Poverty in Bogor)”. This research aims to describe the teamwork process conducted by the Working Group on Development Partnership include communication, compromise, cooperation, coordination, and consummation. Teamwork that made the Working Group in an effort to reduce poverty in Bogor. Researcher used a qualitative research approach with case study method, while the instruments used in data collection is interview, observation guidelines, and guidance documentation. The technique used an in-depth interviews, non-participatory observation, and literature study. Informants in this research is 11 people, they are 4 persons from SKPD, 2 persons from BUMD, 2 persons from BUMN, and 3 persons from private sector. The results of this research indicate that good teamwork is determined by communication, compromise, cooperation, coordination, and consummation. Communications flow into upward, downward, and horizontal, both formally and informally, through the medium of verbal and non-verbal communication. Compromises is used to resolve the differences that determined the best alternative. Cooperation as a form of cooperation through the participation of members in carrying out its duties and responsibilities. Coordination is used to integrate the goals and activities of the Working Group in order to direct, there is no overlap. Then, the consummation is used through improvements in poverty reduction activities in Bogor. Thus, the researchers suggest a training program “Team Building Training to Improve the Quality of Teamwork”. The purpose of this training is to raise awareness of Pokja members so that they understand the importance of teamwork that goes with effective and implement a strategy or technique in achieving teamwork, so that the Pokja was able to develop and implement effective teamwork in tackling poverty.Keywords: Human Service Organization, Teamwork, Komunikasi dan Kooperasi

The importance of teamwork in healthcare for effective communicate and care of older adults

The importance of teamwork in healthcare for effective communicate and care of older adults

This Means War: Using an Advertising War Room Simulation to] Teach Social Media Skills

The need for hands-on learning in advertising education has been expressed for decades. With the increasing push toward live tweeting by brands, more attention needs to be given in advertising classrooms to opportunities for students to practice online engagement. In this study, a class “war room” simulation offered an experiential learning opportunity and gave students a taste of how brands and their advertising agencies are handling Twitter and other social media channels during major live events like the Super Bowl. This hands-on exercise could give professors another tool to help reduce the gap between academic knowledge and real-world skills. Through a post-event discussion and survey, students said they learned the importance of teamwork, client relationships and quick thinking. They were able to practice live tweeting on a client's behalf, interacting with followers and working under pressure.

Getting to Know Learning Disability and its Management

The study aims to give an essay type theoretical background about the perspectives and knowledge of the Learning disability. The study initialized by addressing the conception and discovery of Learning disability. It brings to our knowledge that the Learning disability is still misinterpreted, unapproved, misdiagnosed and mishandled. A sadder part is parents and teachers still struggle to notice the presence of disorders of learning disability in the child therefore they need a simplistic and convenient benchmark to know its existence. They need to have certain instructions to deal with academic difficulties and behavioural issues which arise out of the different disorders of Learning Disability: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia and Dyspraxia. In this context to understand and not to misjudge or label the child, there is a need to educate oneself through various organizations and meet ups with professionals of the field. Thus the current study has suggested some useful guidelines to identify the characteristics, common errors, direction for management and remediation of the Learning disability. On the whole people seem to be oblivious to such an Invisible disability. Also the study has analyzed the importance of teamwork around the Child with Learning disability which transforms into an optimistic circle thereby passing guidance and solutions to each other.

Supracervical Lymph Node Biopsy under Local Anesthesia: A Cautionary Tale!

A middle aged woman was scheduled for supracervical lymph node biopsy under local anesthesia. A scheduling conflict caused a significant operating room delay and she became very nervous. A surgical resident asked for anesthetic assistance in calming the patient. Assured that the case was under local anesthesia only, the anesthesiologist gave the patient soda to drink. In the operating room, the lady could not tolerate the procedure but as she now was at risk for aspiration, the anesthesiologist suggested the case be terminated and rescheduled. The surgeon disagreed and continued but was confronted with substantial bleeding. Emergency induction of general anesthesia was required. Postoperatively bleeding continued requiring re-exploration and intensive care unit admission. The patient developed a compressive left brachial plexopathy. The anatomy of the area indicated that general anesthesia was the preferred technique. The importance of team work and communication is underscored. Complications are more frequent when perioperative changes are made.

Absent upper blind Pouch in a case of tracheo-esophageal fistula

A common upper airway and digestive tract is a rare congenital anomaly that is usually fatal and its exact incidence is not known. It is a diagnostic challenge as it requires high index of suspicion. It should be considered in a neonate with respiratory distress in a non-vigorous baby requiring endotracheal intubation, which is difficult even in expert hand. We present a newborn with suspected tracheo-esophageal fistula that was diagnosed intraoperatively to have absent upper blind pouch of the esophagus and on autopsy found to have laryngeal atresia with absent vocal cords and a common aerodigestive tract continuing distally with trachea. The neonate was ventilated with endotracheal tube (ETT) placement which in retrospect we came to know that it was in the esophagus. The neonate also had associated multiple congenital anomalies of VACTERL association. The importance of teamwork between neonatologist, pediatric surgeon, anesthesiologist, and radiologist is highlighted for diagnosis and management of such rare cases.

Teamwork in Patient Care Delivery: Assessing the Perceptions of Government Medical Officers

The very definition of organization as a group of people working together emphasizes the importance of teamwork in the accomplishment of organizational goals. Health Care is a domain where teamwork cannot be overlooked under any circumstance with the doctors, patients, nurses, support staff as well as bystanders having their own respective roles. Effective care delivery can be ensured only if all the stakeholders work in tandem with each other. Hence, this paper examines the effectiveness of teamwork at government hospitals in Kerala as perceived by the doctors working there. Exploratory factor analysis of responses from 240 government doctors across Kerala indicated that ‘joint effort in patient care’ was the sole determinant of effective teamwork at government hospitals. Multiple regression analysis further revealed that most of the doctors unanimously felt that effective teamwork was missing at government hospitals across Kerala, which requires immediate attention on part of the authorities, considering the significance of teamwork in effective patient care delivery.

Healthcare students’ perceptions of a simulated interprofessional consultation in an outpatient clinic

Newly graduated healthcare workers should appreciate the importance of teamwork and each profession’s unique role in a multi-disciplinary team. At Medunsa, an institution for higher education of healthcare professionals, each profession’s teaching occurs independently. This study explores the perceptions of healthcare students and their facilitators of a simulated interprofessional consultation. Eighty-two senior medical, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students participated in a simulated event over three separate sessions. A multi-disciplinary team comprising one representative per profession conducted the consultation, while the other students observed. Facilitators initiated reflection at the end of each session. Participants gained an understanding of the multi-disciplinary team’s functioning, the importance of professional skills and behaviour. The facilitators learnt how to improve on the simulation scenario and their facilitation skills. The introduction of interprofessional education events, where important skills and role clarification can be experienced in a non-threatening way, can benefit students and facilitators alike.

Translation research: ‘Back on Track’, a multiprofessional rehabilitation service for cancer-related fatigue

ObjectivesTo assess the effectiveness and acceptability of an individually tailored rehabilitation intervention for patients with cancer-related fatigue (CRF).MethodsEighteen individuals, (16 female, two male, aged 40–83 years), who self-reported CRF (above...

The importance of teamwork in the operating rooms

La seguridad del paciente ha pasado a ser un componente esencial de la asistencia sanitaria de calidad. La complejidad de las intervenciones quirurgicas requiere cada vez mayor preparacion tecnica. El ser humano es falible y la capacitacion cientifica no es suficiente para garantizar el resultado, por ese motivo es necesario ademas adquirir habilidades no tecnicas como el trabajo en equipo. En una reciente editorial de esta revista, se hace hincapie en la importancia de la simulacion como parte de la formacion en anestesia, que permite adquirir experiencia y desarrollar actitudes adecuadas para resolver situaciones de crisis, desarrollar capacidad de liderazgo y, sobre todo, de trabajo en equipo1. Aproximadamente la mitad de los errores hospitalarios ocurren en el quirofano o en las salas de reanimacion2. Gran parte de ellos se deben a problemas de falta de comunicacion3. Para mejorar el trabajo en equipo son fundamentales la simulacion, estandarizar la informacion, la formacion especifica y una definicion adecuada de las funciones. Los accidentes de aviacion en los que se evidencia un fallo humano estan tambien relacionados con fallos de comunicacion. Por ese motivo se desarrollo el programa de formacion de la tripulacion que es obligatorio en EE.UU. desde 1995 (Crew Resource Management). Este programa se basa en que ademas de la capacitacion tecnica, es necesaria una buena coordinacion para que no se cometan errores humanos4. Las reuniones de la tripulacion antes de despegar (briefings) favorecen la comunicacion. El mejor ejemplo de la aplicacion de los «briefings» en quirofano es el listado de verificacion quirurgica. Los 2 primeros

Creating a Favourable environment For Managing Innovation In Organizat?on

The research on innovation had been a vast field that have drawn a lot of thinking and also creativity. The condition necessary for forming a favorable environment in the most of organisation is just a light reflecting to the proposed pathway a company can utilize so as to attaining success in innovation. Innovation according to Austrian Economist Joseph Schumpeter outlined in (The theory of economic development) where he proposed 5 types of innovation. Product, Process, Business, Source of supply, Mergers and divestment.There have been alot of works on innovation which lead to addition types of innovation. To understand the topic innovation, one must be able to also comprehend the some key components of innovation, the nature of innovation, the importance, the stages of Innovation, the categories innovation, the drivers of innovation. The strategies that we can use to motivate members is also neccessary.Further, an extensive research was conducted that lead to the proponent of six conditions that can favour the management of innovation in organisations as: The importance of teamwork and the involvement of every employee, the importance of management participation, the importance of effective communication and information flow, the importance of an innovative culture, the importance of the employees vocational training, the importace of employees role integration around specialties and process rather than department.

Surveying community nursing support for persons with an intellectual disability and palliative care needs

Accessible summary People with intellectual disability live within their community and will require services to support them at end of life. Often people with intellectual disability are denied access to essential services. This paper identifies the experiences of community nurses caring for persons with an intellectual disability and palliative/end‐of‐life care needs. SummaryPalliative care services have developed over the years to support all persons with life‐limiting conditions. Moreover, services for people with an intellectual disability have moved from the traditional institutional setting to supporting people with an intellectual disability to live in their own community and family home. The expansion of palliative care services and integration of people with intellectual disability into their communities has resulted in an increased demand and greater diversity in the population groups accessing palliative care services. This study aims to describe the provision of community nursing support for persons with an intellectual disability and palliative/end‐of‐life care needs from the perspective of community nurses. A quantitative descriptive cross‐sectional survey was employed. On receipt of ethical approval, data were collected through self‐reporting questionnaires and descriptive analysis was conducted to describe frequencies and to identify patterns of the respondents using spss version 18. Only 85 people with an intellectual disability were referred to palliative/end‐of‐life care services over a 3‐year period. Those delivering care expressed challenges including, understanding communication styles, late referrals, lack of time, knowledge and skills. Highlighted within the study were the benefits of liaison between family and professional and nonprofessional carers. Findings provide insight into the importance of teamwork, advance planning, knowing the person and best practice in providing palliative/end‐of‐life care for people with intellectual disability through collaboration.

Teamworking under Lean in UK public services: lean teams and team targets in Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

The authors of The Machine that Changed the World were in no doubt about the importance of teamworking in lean production: ‘in the end’, they say [Womack, J., Jones, D, & Roos, D. (1990). The machine that changed the world. New York: Rawson Associates, p. 99], ‘it is the dynamic work team that emerges as the heart of the lean factory’. It is with this bold statement in mind that we seek to explore and develop our conceptual and practical understanding of how teamworking operates under Lean. We examine these issues in the context of a high-profile case of Lean implementation in the UK public sector, the Pacesetter programme of the UK's tax assessment and collection service, Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC). We find that although the teams themselves were ostensibly set up on a lean basis, they were largely unable to operate as such as a result of the pressures they faced to meet their work targets. The operation of the teams thus retained, and was shaped by, characteristics of the pre-existing ‘target-based’ mode of teamworking. This, in turn, suggests particular ways in which we might better understand how Lean interacts with the context or environment into which it is introduced. These findings also to some degree run counter to the overwhelmingly negative account of Lean put forward in other recent studies of HMRC [e.g. Carter, B., Danford, A., Howcroft, D., Richardson, H., Smith, A., & Taylor, P. (2013a). Taxing times: Lean working and the creation of (in)efficiencies in HM Revenue and Customs. Public Administration, 91, 83–97].

An Integrative Simulation to Study Team Cognition in Emergency Crisis Management

Teamwork has become one of the hallmarks of emergency crisis management (ECM). Success in managing emergency situations is highly dependent on teams working together to accomplish prioritized goals. Therefore, given the importance of teamwork, team cognition has been realized as an important component to address the emerging complexity, extreme workload, and uncertain conditions that can underlie emergency response. Many variables affect teams and their subsequent cognition. Understanding the effects of awareness, attention, temporality, common ground, team mental model development, and culture on team cognition provides insight into effective and efficient management of emergencies. As a research group, for more than a decade, we have studied team cognition within the context of ECM through the basis of simulations using the NeoCITIES platform. The purpose of this paper is to share our experiences using the NeoCITIES platform to conduct basic team cognitive research and share our visions for future research trajectories for the greater Human Factors community.