Transforming collective knowledge into team intelligence: the role of collective teaching

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the pivotal role that collective teaching plays in knowledge transfer between new product development teams. This study develops a theoretical model of collective teaching, where team intelligence is its consequence and learning orientation cognitive skills are moderators. Design/methodology/approach Based on a questionnaire survey of 156 pairs of new product development project teams of information technology firms, the authors used partial least squares to test the study’s hypotheses. Findings The findings reveal that the use of collective teaching is positively related to team intelligence of recipient teams. In addition, T-shaped skills of source teams exert positive moderating influence on this relationship and so does a learning orientation of recipient teams. Research limitations/implications First, the sample firms used in the study are from the IT industry, which is characterized by extremely short product life cycles, thereby limiting the generalizability of the study’s findings. Second, the authors did not examine whether the effect of T-shaped skills is different at various NPD stages; the contributions of each functional expertise may vary depending on the NPD stage (e.g. the idea generation or pre-launch stage). Third, the use of cross-sectional design precludes a causal inference. The role of focal constructs and moderators and their consequent effects would benefit from more stringent, longitudinal research. Finally, the authors controlled for only a limited set of factors of team intelligence because other potential antecedents of this variable still await identification by future studies. Practical implications This study suggests that the implementation of collective teaching can enhance the capacity of a project team as a whole to manage and innovate information, namely, team intelligence. The study’s findings also suggest that the management must recognize the significance of teams’ learning orientation and thereby proactively develop teams’ learning culture by redesigning work, reward systems or performance evaluation to promote learning. Additionally, it is prudent for managers to reconsider their recruitment criteria to incorporate T-shaped skills. Originality/value This study represents the first step in developing an empirically grounded framework linking collective teaching with team intelligence. Additionally, the authors confirm that team intelligence is a four-dimensional construct.

Enablers of Patient Knowledge Empowerment for Self-Management of Chronic Disease: An Integrative Review

“…Qualitative analysis of the research revealed that patient empowerment evolves through three levels of empowerment, in which the patient becomes increasingly empowered to use their knowledge in everyday decisions to pursue not only their own but also community health behaviors [ 14 , 18 , 51 , 60 , 74 , 90 , 91 ].…”

“…The study revealed that to stimulate knowledge sharing in mediating structures and at macro level for patient knowledge empowerment transformational leadership manifestations are important [ 17 , 51 , 84 , 93 ], supportive culture of these organizations [ 16 , 18 , 51 , 74 , 91 , 93 ], and a less formalized and centralized structure of the organizations [ 17 , 74 , 93 ]. Regardless of the fact that mediating patient structures are mostly informal and patient community organizations are formalized, through a less formalized and centralized organizational structure, active social interaction between members of the organization is created to ensure knowledge sharing.…”

“…According to Rissel (1996) provisions on continuum empowerment, it can be argued that having empowered patients through mediating structures, patient empowerment evolves from the field of psychological empowerment to the field of community Qualitative analysis of the research revealed that patient empowerment evolves through three levels of empowerment, in which the patient becomes increasingly empowered to use their knowledge in everyday decisions to pursue not only their own but also community health behaviors [14,18,51,60,74,90,91].…”

“…The analysis of selected research papers revealed that there is a link between technological knowledge-sharing enablers such as Web 2.0 and the knowledge-sharing systems and the microlevel of patient empowerment [65].The latest finding of the study suggests that at the microlevel of patient empowerment, the above-mentioned technological knowledge enablers, acting on the basis of already discussed health technologies, stimulate codification of patient and healthcare professional knowledge in order for the patient to express accumulated knowledge, experience in everyday life struggling with chronic disease and objective information on health parameters; and the healthcare professional, after assessing the knowledge expressed by the patient, could convey recommendations based on knowledge and experience for making daily decisions in the most understandable and acceptable way for the patient. The study revealed that to stimulate knowledge sharing in mediating structures and at macro level for patient knowledge empowerment transformational leadership manifestations are important [17,51,84,93], supportive culture of these organizations [16,18,51,74,91,93], and a less formalized and centralized structure of the organizations [17,74,93]. Regardless of the fact that mediating patient structures are mostly informal and patient community organizations are formalized, through a less formalized and centralized organizational structure, active social interaction between members of the organization is created to ensure knowledge sharing.…”

Research on Product Family Design Based on Crowd Wisdom

“…However, the network information has a certain degree of uncertainty. After obtaining a large amount of information, it needs to be screened out and valuable commentary information can be screened out to better play the role of group wisdom [9]. Therefore, in order to synthesize market opinions, this paper collects online user reviews through group wisdom, and integrates consumer satisfaction into product family design, that is, to obtain product family characteristics with high attention according to comments, so as to classify product family modularily and combine with product family platform to provide reliable suggestions for product family development and design.…”