Title
Examining Team Planning Through An Episodic Lens: Effects Of Deliberate, Contingency, And Reactive Planning On Team Effectiveness
Keywords
Contingency planning; Deliberate planning; Reactive strategy adjustment; Team effectiveness
Abstract
Three types of team planning processes differing in terms of timing and adaptation capacity are investigated. Deliberate planning and contingency planning occur during team transition phases; deliberate planning specifies a primary course of action whereas contingency planning specifies backup plans. Reactive adjustment is planning that occurs during the action phase when teams adapt plans to account for evolving task conditions. The current study uses data from a scavenger hunt game involving a total of 38 teams randomly assigned to preplanning or control conditions. While instructing teams to plan increased deliberate planning, it does not increase the adaptation-enabling processes of contingency planning and reactive adjustment. Team effectiveness is determined most strongly by reactive adjustment, then by contingency planning, and least so by deliberate planning. © 2008 Sage Publications.
Publication Date
10-1-2008
Publication Title
Small Group Research
Volume
39
Issue
5
Number of Pages
542-568
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496408320048
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
51149086035 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/51149086035
STARS Citation
DeChurch, Leslie A. and Haas, Craig D., "Examining Team Planning Through An Episodic Lens: Effects Of Deliberate, Contingency, And Reactive Planning On Team Effectiveness" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 9429.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/9429