Understanding Team Cognition and How It Improves Performance

Team cognition describes how a group organises, shares and applies knowledge needed to work effectively. It can emerge through members having similar understanding of a task or through stronger collaboration that creates a distinct team-level way of thinking. Research often focuses on shared mental models and transactive memory systems. Shared mental models help members understand goals, tasks and available resources in the same way. Transactive memory helps them know who holds particular knowledge and how to retrieve it quickly. Strong team cognition can improve coordination, motivation and overall performance. It covers both task-related knowledge and the relationships, interactions and interdependence among team members.

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