Informed by Knowledge

Expert Performance in Complex Situations

Kathleen L. Mosier, Ute M. Fischer

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2011

ISBN-13: 9781136945113

ISBN-10: 1136945113

Pages: 432

Subjects: Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Psychology / General, Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General), Technology & Engineering / Industrial Health & Safety

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About Informed by Knowledge

The focus of this book is on how experts adapt to complexity, synthesize and interpret information in context, and transform or "fuse" disparate items of information into coherent knowledge. The chapters examine these processes across experts (e.g. global leaders, individuals in extreme environments, managers, police officers, pilots, commanders, doctors, inventors), across contexts (e.g. space and space analogs, corporate organizations, command and control, crisis and crowd management, air traffic control, the operating room, product development), and for both individual and team performance. Successful information integration is a key factor in the success of diverse endeavors, including team attempts to climb Mt. Everest, crowd control in the Middle East, and remote drilling operations.This volume is divided into four sections, each with a specific focus on an area of expert performance, resulting in a text that covers a wide range of useful information. These sections present well-...

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