Acknowledgement
The authors thank Dr. Yan Jin, the professor of Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern California, for his insightful suggestions and comments in this research.
International conference on construction engineering and project management (국제학술발표논문집)
- 2009.05a
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- Pages.338-344
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- 2009
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- 2508-9048(eISSN)
INFLUENCE OF LEADER ON ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING IN CONSTRUCTION TEAMS
- Chieh-Chi Cheng (Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University) ;
- Jiin-Song Tsai (Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University)
- Published : 2009.05.27
Abstract
Organizational learning of construction team has been long addressed in the literatures, but the mechanism of learning and the influence of leader in the team still remain vague. This paper presents a computational model (OLT) depicting the mechanism and the influence of leader in a systemic way. The OLT model is a multi-agent system based on some eloquent propositions proposed in previous researches. The proposed model is preliminarily validated by some toy-problem simulations. In the OLT model, the leader is assigned as a project manager. The results show that a proper leader can effectively improve the learning process and the result-in performance, in which the team learning is mainly affected by both the leader and the majority in a team. Based on our findings, two propositions are concluded accordingly: (1) Learning of a team would be enhanced if a proper leader is assigned; (2) The effectiveness of learning would increase in a team, in which the members retain explorative attitudes.