Team Effectiveness and Decision Making in Organizations

RICHARD A. GUZZO is professor of psychology and managementat the University of Maryland and has served on the faculties ofMcGill University and New York University. His research concernsthe productivity and effectiveness of individuals and teams atwork. EDUARDO SALAS is senior research psychologist in theHuman Systems Integration Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center.He has coauthored over fifty journal articles and book chapters andhas coedited four books.

• 1. Introduction: At the Intersection of Team Effectiveness andDecision Making (Richard A. Guzzo) 2. Measuring and Managing for Team Performance: Lessons fromComplex Environments (Robert M. Mcintyre, Eduardo Salas) 3. Computer-Assisted Groups: A Critical Review of the EmpiricalResearch (Andrea B. Hollingshead, Joseph E. Mcgrath) 4. Cooperation Theory, Constructive Controversy, andEffectiveness: Learning from Crisis (Dean Tjosvold) 5. Raising an Individual Decision Making Model to the TeamLevel: A New Research Model and Paradigm (Daniel R. Ilgen, DebraA. Major, John R. Hollenbeck, Douglas J. Sego) 6. Innovations in Modeling and Stimulating Team Performance:Implications for Decision Making (Michael D. Coovert, J. PhilipCraiger, Janis A. Cannon-Bowers) 7. Understanding the Dynamics of Diversity in Decision MakingTeams (Susan E. Jackson, Karen Ae May, Kristina Whitney) 8. Teamwork Stress Implications for Team Decision Making (BenB. Morgan, Jr., Clint A. Bowers) 9. Staffing for Effective Group Decision Making: Key Issues inMatching People and Teams (Richard Klimoski, Robert G. S.Jones) 10. Defining Competencies and Establishing Team TrainingRequirements (Janis A. Cannon-Bowers, Scott I. Tannenbaum,Eduardo Salas, Catherine E. Volpe) 11. Conclusion: Common Themes Amongst the Diversity (RichardA. Guzzo)