Team situation assessment and information distribution
- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Ergonomics
- Vol. 43 (8), 1111-1128
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00140130050084905
Abstract
Described is the cooperative work of constructing team situation awareness within two teams of a military command and control unit. Specifically discussed is how the distributed cognitive and cooperative work of decision-making of the two teams is structured. The situation enabled two different ways of distributing information within the team: one serial and one parallel. One team chose the parallel information transfer, the other the serial one. Discussed is the interaction patterns that emerge in the respective teams and their consequences for situation assessment and situation awareness. The differences are then discussed in terms of means of sharing information. Some hypotheses for future research are also offered.Keywords
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