Modeling team member characteristics for the formation of a multifunctional team in concurrent engineering

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-124

  Chen, Shi Jie Gary ^a   Lin, Li ^b  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Concurrent engineering; Multifunctional team; Myers Briggs type indicator (MBTI); Personality profiling; Team member characteristics

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL RATING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL TEAM; MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR; PERSONALITY PROFILING; TEAM MEMBER CHARACTERISTICS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 2442589689     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2004.826011     Document Type: Article

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