Introduces the Communication Diamond Model, which features the following key skill areas found in communication between people at work: enquiry, diagnosis, summarizing, proposing, directing, and informing. Describes the measures designed to assess these skills: the Communication and...

Why do some teams work effectively and others not? The authors, in examining the attributes of High Performing Teams, show that there are three major areas which team leaders need to concentrate upon. These are example, experience and expertise. There are certain work functions that are critical...

In mid‐1984, the authors were commissioned to assist in the design of a programme to improve flight crew functioning in Trans Australia Airlines — a major Australian domestic carrier with over 600 active aircrew flying Fokkers, Jetstreams, DC‐9s, Boeing 727s and 737s and the Airbus...