ABSTRACT
Teams and their associated cognitive requirements have received an increasing amount of attention over the last 10 years (e.g., Cannon-Bowers, Salas, & Converse, 1993; Orasanu, 1990). Numerous articles and books address critical issues related to team decision making (Guzzo & Salas, 1995), team training (Swezey & Salas, 1992), and team performance measurement (Brannick, Prince, & Salas, 1997). However, it is only recently that researchers have begun to analyze teamwork in terms of its component tasks and associated knowledge, skill, and attitude requirements (e.g., Baker, Salas, & Cannon-Bowers, 1998; Bowers, Baker, & Salas, 1994; Campion, Medsker, & Higgs, 1993; Stevens & Campion, 1994). In particular, a thorough analysis of the cognitive components that underlie effective team performance is lacking. Such an analysis—cognitive task analysis for teams—would be useful for decisions regarding team selection, design, and training and would also be useful for building more complete and accurate models of team performance (Salas, Dickinson, Converse, & Tannen-baum, 1992).
