Team Formation in the Garbage Can
The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice: Looking Forward at Forty
ISBN: 978-1-78052-712-3, eISBN: 978-1-78052-713-0
Publication date: 26 October 2012
Abstract
This chapter replaces the fixed access and decision structures of the original garbage can model with the possibility of forming teams based on considerations of the characteristics of problems and the skills of organizational members. In real organizations, members often solve problems in collaboration, either in parallel or sequentially. In an extension of earlier simulation models, I assume that a task can be accepted by an individual member of an organization who can form a team by attempting to match the skill sets of members with the combination of skills necessary for solving the problem. Analysis of the model examines task performance and the efficient use of skills for individual and team efforts under conditions of varying workloads.
Citation
Troitzsch, K.G. (2012), "Team Formation in the Garbage Can", Lomi, A. and Harrison, J.R. (Ed.) The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice: Looking Forward at Forty (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 36), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 229-252. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X(2012)0000036012
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited