Investigating information-processing performance of different command team structures in the NATO Problem Space

The structure of command teams is a significant factor on their communications and ability to process, and act upon, information. The NATO Problem Space was used in this study to represent three of the main dimensions in the battle-space environment: familiarity, rate of change, and strength of information position. Results show that the five common team structures (chain, Y, circle, wheel and all-connected) did not generally perform as predicted in team literature. Findings suggest that under dynamic and highly variable conditions, high levels of synchronisation and trust should be present. On the other hand, synchronisation and trust are less important in hierarchical, highly centralised structures, because team members are more willing to accept the authority of a single leader and this tight control ensures that these teams can perform well as long as the Problem Space is familiar, information is explicit and the environment does not change.     

CJ Lim/Studio 8 Architects: Through the Looking Glass

CJ Lim is one of architecture’s greatest illustrators, visualising through his beautiful and delicate drawings and models an enchanted world inspired by Lewis Carroll, William Heath Robinson and Chinese fables. Howard Watson describes how Lim is now breaking through the visionary’s glass ceiling with his realisation of a tunnel installation for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and a project at an altogether different scale for an eco-city in China. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Jordan Mozer & Associates: New American narratives

Jordan Mozer is a designer of surprising contradictions. Having pursued a specifically American form of storytelling through his designs for the likes of Bellagio in Las Vegas and the Hudson Club in Chicago, he despises the impulse towards homogeneity in the US. He begins all designs with a service plan, yet pursues the expressionistic potential of architecture. Howard Watson provides insights into the work of a designer who has proved as successful in Germany as in his hometown of Chicago. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A NATO symposium on defense psychology.

"The symposium took place on Wednesday to Friday July 27-29, 1960 at the newly opened NATO Building, Porte Dauphine, Paris." The 3-day program is outlined. Participants from the United States included J. P. Guilford, L. Carmichael, M. P. Crawford, and R. B. Cattell. Of 172 registered symposiasts, 74 were from France and 44 from the United States. Strengths and weaknesses of the symposium are discussed. From Psyc Abstracts 36:02:2AN20G. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)