TQO TRANSFORMATION TO QUALITY ORGANIZATIONS

本研究的重点是获得更深入的了解团队和团队领导在提高组织内的质量的作用。 研究的目标是提供一个系统的描述团队领导及其在团队发展和有效性的作用，并制定一个跨学科的方法，将有助于转型质量的组织。 研究设计涉及人类学、计算机教育和认知系统、计算机科学、工程技术、管理学和心理学等学科。 跨学科研究小组将研究多个组织层面的团队和团队领导力（即，组织作为一个整体，团队本身，以及团队中的个人），并将研究影响团队的因素，包括组织文化以及与这种文化相关的信念和行为模式。 研究的成果预计将包括团队领导的跨学科模型，有关团队的形成和成熟过程的知识，有关技术专业工作流程的知识，工具，以协助转型为质量组织，并确定和教育团队领导人的基础。 参与这项研究的公司包括IBM、德州仪器、TUElectric和国防后勤局。

This research is focused on obtaining a deeper understanding of the role of teams and team leadership in the improvement of quality within organizations. The objectives of the research are to provide a systematic description of team leadership and its role in team development and effectiveness, and to develop an interdisciplinary methodology that will assist in transformations to quality organizations. The research design involves the disciplines of anthropology, computer education and cognitive systems,computer science, engineering technology, management, and psychology. The interdisciplinary research group willinvestigate teams and team leadership at several organizational levels (i.e., the organization as a whole,the team itself, and the individual within the team), and will examine factors that influence teams, including the culture of the organization and the belief and behavior patterns that relate to this culture. The outcomes of the research are expected to include an interdisciplinary model of team leadership, knowledge about team formation and maturation processes, knowledge about technical professional work processes, tools to assist in transformations to quality organizations, and a basis for identifying and educating team leaders. Companies participating in this study include IBM, Texas Instruments, TUElectric, and the Defense Logistics Agency.