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Enhancing Communication to Improve Team Performance with Applications to Train Crews
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Accession Number:

01361752

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

Success often depends on how information is passed from person to person, actions are coordinated, attention is directed to an outside object or event, or ideas are collectively generated. Communication—the process of human-to-human information exchange and transfer through a medium (e.g., face-to-face conversation, e-mail, hand signals)—is the glue that allows teams in diverse work environments to coordinate their actions and act collectively to complete complex tasks. And, increasingly, it is a source of data to be used to help instructors, analysts, and researchers to investigate and understand how a work team is performing. In this paper, some current research that seeks to harness communication data and explore the relevance to the railroad industry is described.

Monograph Accession #:

01361750

Language:

English

Authors:

Entin, Elliot E
Duchon, Andrew
Weil, Shawn A
Salter, William

Pagination:

pp 27-40

Publication Date:

2011-12

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: E-C159
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Teamwork in U.S. Railroad Operations

Location: Irvine California, United States
Date: 2009-4-23 to 2009-4-24
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (2) ; References

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I70: Traffic and Transport; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 31 2012 3:57PM

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