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Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups

By: M. Valentine and A. C. Edmondson
This paper shows how meso-level structures support effective coordination in temporary groups. Prior research on coordination in temporary groups describes how roles encode individual responsibilities so that coordination between relative strangers is possible. We... View Details
Keywords: Fluid Personnel; Team Scaffolds; Team Effectiveness; Role-based Coordination; Multi-method; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Performance Efficiency
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Team Scaffolds: How Meso-Level Structures Support Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups

By: Melissa A. Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson
This paper shows how meso-level structures support effective coordination in temporary groups. Prior research on coordination in temporary groups describes how roles encode individual responsibilities so that coordination between relative strangers is possible. We... View Details
Keywords: Fluid Personnel; Team Scaffolds; Team Effectiveness; Role-based Coordination; Multi-method; Health Care and Treatment; Analytics and Data Science; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Structure; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams; Networks; Behavior; Balance and Stability; Health Industry
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  • 08 Feb 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Team Scaffolds: How Minimal In-Group Structures Support Fast-Paced Teaming

Keywords: by Melissa A. Valentine & Amy C. Edmondson
  • Article

Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Team Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups

By: Melissa A. Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson
This paper shows how mesolevel structures support effective coordination in temporary groups. Prior research on coordination in temporary groups describes how roles encode individual responsibilities so that coordination between relative strangers is possible. We... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Health Care and Treatment; Cooperation; Health Industry
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  • 27 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

efficiency on a temporary team. What they call a team scaffold is fixed while individual team members flow through the structure. “The big 'aha' was how very little structure... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

a whole task. We conceptualized the meso-level structures as team scaffolds and found that they embodied the logic of both role and team structures. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2020
  • Blog Post

Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)

professionally, and as team leaders. To help you make work from home work for you, and for your team, HBS Career Coaches Mo Fong and Eileen Stephan are sharing their recommendations. Fong, HBS Career Coach and Sr. Director at Google,... View Details
  • Program

Families in Business

excellence, and wealth management, but also robust scaffolding to interconnect these operations. When the pieces fit together, family enterprises can grow wealth, create jobs, and realize profound societal benefits. In this personalized... View Details
  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

theorize how team scaffolds enable effective coordination among people who do not work together regularly. We argue that role-based coordination among relative strangers can be interpersonally challenging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Game On

momentum, as well as the uncanny levels of enthusiasm for the game, it’s no surprise that billions of dollars are being poured into the industry in the shape of pro teams and tournaments, franchises, broadcasting rights, and celebrity... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Again and Again

this is us. EXCERPT How to Find Meaning at Work Trust falls and other team rituals When I’m asked to speak about rituals, I begin by coming to the front of the room or stage. I ask everyone to stand up. Without saying anything, I click to... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 09 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 9

observational data and quantitative operational data analyzed with adapted network methods, we examine whether and how team scaffolds facilitate teaming in a dynamic work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2011
  • News

Breath of Life

Swedish procedure was a “bioreactor, a shoe box–size device similar to a spinning rotisserie machine. The artificial scaffold was placed on the bioreactor, and stem cells extracted from the patient’s bone marrow were dripped onto the... View Details
Keywords: stem cell research; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

embodied the logic of both role and team structures: a set of roles (rather than specific individuals, as in a team) was bounded and given collective responsibility for a whole task. We labeled this structure a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

(PPE)ople First: Bringing Critical Personal Protective Equipment to Boston Hospitals

Jeff had launched a philanthropic fund through The Boston Foundation! With the scaffolding in place, it was then time to build a team. In the span of one weekend Sophie gathered a team of 10+ friends and... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2020
  • Blog Post

Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)

professionally, and as team leaders. To help you make work from home work for you, and for your team, HBS Career Coaches Mo Fong and Eileen Stephan are sharing their recommendations. Fong, HBS Career Coach and Sr. Director at Google,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

individuals, as in a team) and gave them collective responsibility for a whole task. We conceptualized the mesolevel structures as team scaffolds and found that they embodied the logic of both role and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

examine whether and how team scaffolds facilitate teaming in a dynamic, knowledge-intensive work environment. Although team View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Nov 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy

health of the creek, lab work, student team research and presentation on one animal or plant in the ecosystem and the development and presentation of an action project.” Because the school district lacked the resources to develop such a... View Details