The famous five factors in teamwork: a case study of fratricide.
The purpose of this paper is to propose foundations for a theory of errors in teamwork based upon analysis of a case study of fratricide alongside a review of the existing literature. This approach may help to promote a better understanding of interactions within complex systems and help in the formulation of hypotheses and predictions concerning errors in teamwork, particularly incidents of fratricide. It is proposed that a fusion of concepts drawn from error models, with common causal categories taken from teamwork models, could allow for an in-depth exploration of incidents of fratricide. It is argued that such a model has the potential to explore the core causal categories identified as present in an incident of fratricide. This view marks fratricide as a process of errors occurring throughout the military system as a whole, particularly due to problems in teamwork within this complex system. Implications of this viewpoint for the development of a new theory of fratricide are offered. STATEMENT OF RELEVANCE: This article provides an insight into the fusion of existing error and teamwork models for the analysis of an incident of fratricide. Within this paper, a number of commonalities among models of teamwork have been identified allowing for the development of a model.
Rafferty
Laura A
LA
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. L.Rafferty@soton.ac.uk
Stanton
Neville A
NA
Walker
Guy H
GH
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