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| Conceptual tools for thinking about interteam work in clinical gerontology | | Author(s) | David Patrick Ryan, Cheryl Cott, Duncan Robertson |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 23, no 7, October-November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 651-667 |
| Keywords | Personnel ; Coordination ; Medical care ; Services ; Canada. |
| Annotation | When teams come to work together, they each bring their own distinct culture. This article asks how the distinctive elements of team culture can be conceptualised, which will help manage interteam work effectively, and minimise group bias and interteam rivalry. Several conceptual tools for thinking about interteam work are explored. These include: a framework for understanding the effect of the diverse cultures of collaborating teams; a set of boundary-spanning functions to enhance interteam linkage; an application from general systems theory that recognises interteam collaboration as a systems issue; and a set of outcome expectations emerging from interteam experiences which determine the quality of future collaboration. Throughout, the discussion draws on illustrations from practice in clinical gerontology. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971030256 A |
| Classmark | QM: QAJ: LK: I: 7S |
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