Aproved for puboic refem; distribution vntImfted.Thi rpol,,, .-subted! by the contractorbebe. ha bn, I aseem to DefeiTechnical Information Center (DTIC) to comply with reulatory requiremenot. It hae been #g s primary distibutlon other than to DTIC-L n will be avalale only thiosgh DTIC or othre sfeene wel4ee such m the National Technical Information I elee (TI•S). TM icr. opinin. ed/ fndi ngs tai in this eon mwe th of the Mrathos) and I old not be construed a an official Deptmtnt of the Army position. policy, or decision, unle so designated by other official documnentetion. )his report describes A model of team organization and performance, and' a, method for describing the structures and behavior of teams. Both the model and descrip tion method were developed and validated through the field-observation of Army team& performing selected team missions. The. model. is a set of c~oncepts, which are used to describe the formal and actual (mission) structure of teams and the behavior of teams and team members. The description *Method, essentially provides a, structured means of identifying, gathering, and verifying the data f required to describe teams and team missions, using the concepts of the-model. SIECURITY CLASSFICATION OF TNISPG (yWnotoftr RequiremtentVhie obtj.'ctiv's of this first year of a three-year research effort were to develop two research products:(1) a model of the organization .and performance of any military team performing any team mission; and (2) a stroictured, procedural method for describing the structure, organization, and performance of teams, based on the model. This report describes both the model and description method, including discussion. of the way in which these two products were developed and validated. ProcedureThe,investigators initiall.y recognized that no existing model of team or small group behavior was sufficiently general and comprehensive to be used as a foundation for the model to be developed.Under this basic condition, a "primitive" model of the behavioral elements of team performance was created at the outset of the effort, This primitive model evolved into the present model in two ways.First, the existing literature on team and small group behavior was reviewed to identify useful concepts which could contribute to a general model of team organization and behavior.Potentially useful concepts were synthesized and incorporated into the primitive model.Most major features of the model were developed through the observation of a variety of Army teams performing many different team missions. Four ofwaves"e of observation were conducted during model development at different FOkSCOM posts.At each post, several observers watched teams performing missions and discussed the missions with members of the teams that were observed.Each of the teams, and missions, performed was described in terms of the concepts of the model as it existed at the time of observation.. When new concepts or features were needed to adequately describe teams or missions, such concepts were developed an...
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