Impact of a Social Network Messaging App on Team Cohesiveness and Quality of Completed Team Projects in an Undergraduate Team Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 539-553
Author(s):  
C. Matt Graham ◽  
Nory Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
User Profiles ◽  
Team Cohesiveness ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Team Projects ◽  
Team Project ◽  
Improved Learning

This research sought to determine what impact a social network messaging app could have on student’s team project performance. The app allowed students to self-select teams based on user profiles within the app. The study investigated three hypotheses that measured the apps impact on the quality of completed team projects, the team’s sense of shared goals, and team cohesiveness. The findings suggested that social network messaging apps that provide a sense of common ground between team members may better engage students in project teamwork which could lead to improved learning and better team cohesiveness.

Assessment of Individual Student Performance in Online Team Projects

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Alden
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Team Projects

The use of team projects has been shown to be beneficial in higher education. There is also general agreement that team efforts should be assessed and that the grading ought to represent both (1) the quality of the product developed jointly by the team as well as (2) the degree of participation and quality of contribution by each individual student involved in the group process. The latter grading requirement has posed a challenge to faculty so the question addressed in this paper is “How should individual team members in online courses be assessed for the extent and quality of their contributions to the group project?” To answer this question, four common team member evaluation practices were reviewed and compared to seven criteria representing positive attributes of an assessment practice in an online learning environment. Whereas the Peer Assessment practice received the greatest support in the literature in face-to-face courses, this study that considered the perceptions of graduate faculty and students recommended the Faculty Review practice as the default assessment

The Effects of Expertise and Social Status on Team Member Influence and the Moderating Roles of Intragroup Conflicts

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 745-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woonki Hong ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Kwangwook Gang ◽  
Boreum Choi
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Team Processes ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Team Projects ◽  
Expectation States Theory ◽  
Team Project ◽  
Do So

Drawing on expectation states theory and expertise utilization literature, we examine the effects of team members’ actual expertise and social status on the degree of influence they exert over team processes via perceived expertise. We also explore the conditions under which teams rely on perceived expertise versus social status in determining influence relationships in teams. To do so, we present a contingency model in which the salience of expertise and social status depends on the types of intragroup conflicts. Using multiwave survey data from 50 student project teams with 320 members at a large national research institute located in South Korea, we found that both actual expertise and social status had direct and indirect effects on member influence through perceived expertise. Furthermore, perceived expertise at the early stage of team projects is driven by social status, whereas perceived expertise at the later stage of a team project is mainly driven by actual expertise. Finally, we found that members who are being perceived as experts are more influential when task conflict is high or when relationship conflict is low. We discuss the implications of these findings for research and practice.

An Analytical Model of Collaboration Between Engineers Working on Team and on Individual Projects

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun Takai
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Team Member ◽  
System Development ◽  
Free Riding ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Team Projects ◽  
Team Project ◽  
Functional Teams

Collaboration of engineers with diverse technical background such as those found in cross-functional teams has been addressed as a key for successful system development. Similarly, the benefit of team-based-project class is increasingly emphasized in curriculum development. In a team project, however, there is always a temptation for a team member to free-ride on other team members’ efforts (i.e., receive the same credit without contributing to the project). This paper presents an analytical model in which two engineers work on a team project, as well as individually on separate projects. The engineers receive the same performance evaluation on their team project (whether they actually contribute to the project or not), but independent evaluations on their individual projects. This paper uses the model to identify conditions that discourage free-riding and encourage collaboration between two engineers. The results of the analysis and implications to team projects in industry and in curriculum are discussed.

Critical Success Factors Affecting Project Performance: An Analysis of Tools, Practices, and Managerial Support

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thawatchai Jitpaiboon ◽  
Sheila M. Smith ◽  
Qiannong Gu
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Managerial Support ◽  
Team Project

This study examines success factors for a team project. The influence of three success factors—(1) project management tools, (2) project management best practices, and (3) managerial support on the performance of individuals, teams, and projects was measured. We surveyed 121 business students with team project experience. Exploratory factor analysis confirms that success factors (project management tools, project management best practices, and managerial support) in a project tend to respond more to individual team members’ performance compared to team performance and project performance. Our findings indicate that project management tools, project management best practices, and support are equally important to success during project implementation. We also find that harmonious relationships among team members lead to extrinsic motivation within project teams and enhance team and project performance. However, most of the time, the system—not the individual—causes a project to fail. Therefore, this study suggests that project managers make a clear plan and agenda by utilizing project management tools.

Are You an Online Team Player?

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melody Rawlings
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Team Cohesiveness ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Team Projects ◽  
Team Player ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Individual Accountability

The purpose of this pilot case study was to answer the following research questions: How do previous experiences affect students' attitudes toward online teamwork? When do students' attitudes toward online teamwork first develop and why? Using a social constructivist framework, a qualitative case study design was utilized to conduct an online open-ended survey and online focus group in one online Organizational Leadership 300-level course. Findings revealed that students' attitudes toward online teamwork are in part predicated upon previous online team experiences. Students identified a number of challenges with online teamwork, many of which related to personality issues, slackers or members who do not contribute his or her share of the work, and poor communication. Generally, students' attitudes and perceptions toward online teamwork began in college after their first online team experience. In order for online teamwork to be effective, instructors may consider designing team projects that include methods to ensure both team and individual accountability, promote team cohesiveness, and foster frequent communication among team members.

Virtual Teamwork and Commitments Impact on Project Quality

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-58
Author(s):  
Harold Daniel ◽  
Christian Graham ◽  
Brian Doore
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Virtual Teamwork ◽  
Project Quality ◽  
Team Projects ◽  
Project Outcome ◽  
Team Project

This article examines how commitment among individuals involved in a short term, virtual team projects influence the quality of the project outcome. Results indicate that forced and habitual commitment types had a negative impact on virtual team project quality but found no evidence of the hypothesized positive influences of affective, normative or economic commitment. Findings suggest that commitment in virtual teams, particularly those virtual teams that engage in short term projects, may not exert the influence observed in co-located teams involved in longer duration projects. Further, forced and habitual commitment may actually be destructive. As such, the findings of this study suggest that for project quality to be achieved, other forces may be necessary.

scholarly journals Effective Student Teams: A Faux Hiring And Peer Evaluation Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle D. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Free Riding ◽  
Scheduling Problems ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Team Cohesiveness ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
Team Projects ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
Student Team

Student team projects provide benefits to the education process and provide experience valued by employers, but they can also be a source of conflict, free-riding and are fraught with fairness issues. The advantages of using teams for faculty are that they provide opportunities for synergies and collaboration, while also simulating group work processes. However, due to free-riding, scheduling problems and differing goals, there are fertile grounds for team conflicts. Therefore, there exists a need for better methods of forming teams and a process to assure shared goals by team members. This research proposes an innovative approach to team creation where students participate in a hiring process that increases team cohesiveness and ultimately team performance. Preliminary empirical validation is also provided that supports this approach.

scholarly journals IRL relational dependence in Swedish trauma teams- a Social Network Analysis of communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-120
Author(s):  
Liselott Fornander ◽  
Kati Kaukkanen ◽  
Ida Molin ◽  
Lena Nilsson ◽  
Karin Björnström Karlsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Team Members ◽  
The Social ◽  
Trauma Teams

Functional teamwork in trauma resuscitation teams is essential for team performance and the quality of care. Challenging situations put strain on the teams, which can affect how coordination is achieved. Proposedly there is a relation between the adapted social structure of the team and the acquisition of a common mental model in the team, which facilitates task performance. From other studies it is proposed that the equality of reliance between team members and an open-structure of information sharing is coupled to the possibility of establishing shared goals and situational awareness within the team. This would correspond to low centralization in teams. This study assessed the social structure of IRL teams from trauma resuscitations through a Social Network Analysis (SNA) of communication. The analysis revealed that the examining physician was the most prominent communicator. However, the teams had over-all high degrees of centrality on more than one of its parts, making them high in centralization but not “star-like”. The study provides a snapshot of social relations IRL and hints about future possibilities of studying the dynamics of social interaction in emergency teams.

Extraverts Have Larger Social Network Layers

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Pollet ◽  
Sam G. B. Roberts ◽  
Robin I. M. Dunbar
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Outer Layer ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Emotional Intensity ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Network Layer ◽  
Network Layers ◽  
Social Network Size

Previous studies showed that extraversion influences social network size. However, it is unclear how extraversion affects the size of different layers of the network, and how extraversion relates to the emotional intensity of social relationships. We examined the relationships between extraversion, network size, and emotional closeness for 117 individuals. The results demonstrated that extraverts had larger networks at every layer (support clique, sympathy group, outer layer). The results were robust and were not attributable to potential confounds such as sex, though they were modest in size (raw correlations between extraversion and size of network layer, .20 < r < .23). However, extraverts were not emotionally closer to individuals in their network, even after controlling for network size. These results highlight the importance of considering not just social network size in relation to personality, but also the quality of relationships with network members.

Regulatory requirements and comparison in approval of new and generic drugs in United States of America and Japan:-Implication for Future strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 07 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paramjeet Malik ◽  
Neelam Pawar ◽  
Kavita Bahmani
Keyword(s):  
Generic Drugs ◽  
Drug Product ◽  
Drug Approval ◽  
Approval Process ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Regulatory Authorities ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Review Team

: Safety, efficacy and quality of a therapeutic product is the major concern for the pharmaceutical companies. FDA and PMDA are the main regulatory authorities in USA & JAPAN respectively that ensures the maintenance of these required parameters by forming standard guidelines and process for drug approval. These regulatory authorities’ reviews each step of a pharmaceutical drug product from its discovery phase to marketed product. Dossier plays an important role during the approval process of a drug product, as it allows both applicant and review team members to evaluate the data in an effective manner. A dossier consists of five modules containing informative data of various stages of a drug product but in a brief pattern with folders and subfolders. In the present paper, the authors focus on in-depth review of approval process for new and generic drugs in USA and Japan.

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