The interaction structure of problem solving teams in design and other domains, and its effects on ideation outcomes is a well-explored topic in the study of team cognition in problem solving and design. Much less is known on how changes in team interaction structure influence the development of mental models over the course of work on a problem. This study aims to understand the relationship b...

BACKGROUND Non-technical skills are seen as an important contributor to reducing adverse events and improving medical management in healthcare teams. Previous research on the effectiveness of teams has suggested that shared mental models facilitate coordination and team performance. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether demonstrated teamwork skills and behaviour indicating shared ...

introduction: in spite of the vast improvement in the area of mental health care delivery in this country, very little attention has been given to the mental health registry. considering the absence of an appropriate national mental health registry system in iran, the purpose of the present study was to formulate a preliminary model for mental health registry in iran. methods: in this comparati...

there are different approaches to business model categorization. [5] in a point of view, the e-business model patterns can be categorized to content provider, direct to customer (d2c), full-service provider, intermediary, shared infrastructure, value net integrator, virtual community, and whole of enterprise.

Despite substantial improvements in the last few years in software engineering and collaboration tools, coordination in large-scale software development continues to be problematic. This coordination is important because of the complex interdependencies that exist among software tasks, in that small productivity improvements can lead to substantial cost-savings and competitiveness. Traditional ...

OBJECTIVE This study proposes a model explaining how social capital helps ease excessively required mental effort. BACKGROUND Although organizational researchers have studied both social capital and cognitive load, no prior research has critically examined the role of social capital in improving individuals' mental load and effort and consequently enhancing job learning effectiveness. METHO...

Cognitive studies indicate that members of a high performing team often develop shared mental models to predict others’ needs and coordinate their behaviors. The concept of shared mental models is especially useful in the study of human-centered collaborative systems that require humans to team with autonomous agents in complex activities. We take the position that in a mixed human/agent team, ...