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Working withseveral disciplines

Working betweenseveral disciplines

Working across severaldisciplines

Individual goals anddifferent professions

Shared goals Shared goals andshared skills

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Comfortable Challenging



Why not stay on the safe side?

● To resolve a real world problem

● To resolve a complex problem

● To provide different perspectives on a problem

● To create a comprehensive prospective theory-based hypothesis for research

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Teamwork

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Orientation: Common purpose

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What’s in it for me?



Am I open to change my point of view?

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Communication

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Background



Meaning

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The effect of distance

West Japan

Abstraction Application

The high-voltage electric transmission analogy (Lillrank, 1995)

Copying

Transfer



HoW tO…

● (Team) Organisation:– Team selection (disciplines and competencies)

– Roles and governance

● Cooperation / collaboration:– Common purpose and individual objectives

– Incentives

● Coordination of action:– Informative: Build a common background

– Performative: From language to action (LAP)



So, time of teamwork...

● Organize yourself in groups (the same asMonday) to discuss

“What is your view of the ‘social housing’problem?”

● RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF PROPOSINGSOLUTIONS!!!!

● 10 minutes discussion, followed by a 2 minutespresentation of the result


Multidisciplinary Working

Leadership & Management

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