Teamwork in Modern Organizations: Implications for Technology Education

International Journal of Technology and Design Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-101

  Barak, Moshe ^a,b   Maymon, Tsipora ^a,b,c   Harel, Gedaliahu ^a,d,e,f  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Dept of Indust Eng and Management ^*  (Israel)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative assessment; Modern organizations; Portfolio; Teams; Teamwork; Technology education; Workplace

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGY;

TEAMWORK; TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0032639720     PISSN: 09577572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008849803984     Document Type: Article

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